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Let nothing be said about anyone unless it passes through the three sieves: Is it true? Is it kind? Is it necessary?

Amy Carmichael

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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
Nothing
Kind
Passes
Necessary
Unless
Anyone
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Three
True

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