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It would be strange if we came to shun the genuine simply because it resembled the counterfeit.

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Dallas Willard
Age: 77 †
Born: 1935
Born: September 4
Died: 2013
Died: May 8
Non-Fiction Writer
Philosopher
Translator
Buffalo
Missouri
Dallas Albert Willard
Strange
Simply
Came
Would
Resembled
Shun
Counterfeit
Genuine

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