It has always appeared to me, that there is so much to be done in this…

Arthur Helps
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It has always appeared to me, that there is so much to be done in this world, that all self-inflicted suffering which cannot be turned to good account for others, is a loss - a loss, if you may so express it, to the spiritual world. ✨ Sir Arthur Helps (1857). Companions of My Solitude, p.28
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It has always appeared to me, that there is so much to be done in this world, that all self-inflicted suffering which cannot be turned to good account for others, is a loss - a loss, if you may so express it, to the spiritual world. ✨ Sir Arthur Helps (1857). Companions of My Solitude, p.28

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