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Your love for God is only as great as the love you have for the person you love the least.

Dorothy Day

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Dorothy Day
Age: 83 †
Born: 1897
Born: November 8
Died: 1980
Died: November 29
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Journalist
Peace Activist
Social Activist
Suffragist
Trade Unionist
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Least

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