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Christian history looks glorious in retrospect but it is made up of constant hard choices and unattractive tasks, accepted under the pressure of the Will of God.

Evelyn Underhill

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Evelyn Underhill
Age: 65 †
Born: 1875
Born: December 6
Died: 1941
Died: June 15
Novelist
Poet
Writer
Christian
Unattractive
History
Retrospect
Looks
Glorious
Hard
Tasks
Made
Accepted
Constant
Pressure
Choices

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