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Many people feel unaware of any guidance, unable to discern or understand the signals of God not because the signals are not given, but because the mind is too troubled, clouded, and hurried to receive them.

Evelyn Underhill

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Evelyn Underhill
Age: 65 †
Born: 1875
Born: December 6
Died: 1941
Died: June 15
Novelist
Poet
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Many
Unaware
Feel
Troubled
Feels
Signals
Mind
Unable
People
Guidance
Receive
Hurried
Understand
Clouded
Given
Discern

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