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Love knows how to do without what it naturally wants. Love knows how to say, 'What does it matter.'

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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
Naturally
Wants
Doe
Without
Matter
Love

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