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Part of a soldier's duty is to fill gaps...one must be willing to be nothing, as something.

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Amy Carmichael
Age: 83 †
Born: 1867
Born: December 16
Died: 1951
Died: January 18
Author
Missionary
Writer
Downshire
Amy Beatrice Carmichael
Willing
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Nothing
Must
Something
Gaps
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Soldier
Duty

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