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What is the scent of water? Renewal. The goodness of God coming down like dew.

Elizabeth Goudge

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Elizabeth Goudge
Age: 83 †
Born: 1900
Born: April 24
Died: 1984
Died: April 1
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Wells
Somerset
Elizabeth de Beauchamp Goudge
Elisabeth Goudge
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Water
Like
Dew
Renewal
Scent
Goodness

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I've never been one for religion, but yet I've never been what ye could call an unbeliever. What I say is, nothin' don't seem impossible once you've clapped eyes on a whale.
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