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We call a child's mind 'small' simply by habit perhaps it is larger than ours is, for it can take in almost anything without effort.
Christopher Morley
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Christopher Morley
Age: 66 †
Born: 1890
Born: May 5
Died: 1957
Died: March 28
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Bryn Mawr
Pennsylvania
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I had a million questions to ask God: but when I met Him, they all fled my mind and it didn't seem to matter.
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