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What is most contrary to salvation is not sin but habit.

Charles Peguy

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Charles Peguy
Age: 41 †
Born: 1873
Born: January 7
Died: 1914
Died: September 5
Essayist
Journalist
Literary Critic
Military Personnel
Philosopher
Playwright
Poet
Writer
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Pierre Deloire
Pierre Baudouin
Salvation
Contrary
Sin
Habit

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