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The ultimate freedom we have as human beings is the power to select what we will allow or require our minds to dwell upon.

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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
Power
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Ultimate
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Freedom
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