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But prosperity without a soul is like a corpse whose heart has stopped beating. There is no life, only consumption.

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Cal Thomas
Age: 81
Born: 1942
Born: December 2
Columnist
Journalist
Radio Personality
Washington
District of Columbia
John Calvin Thomas
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