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A man is as free as he chooses to make himself, never an atom freer.
George MacDonald
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George MacDonald
Age: 80 †
Born: 1824
Born: December 10
Died: 1905
Died: September 18
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Yet I know that good is coming to me—that good is always coming though few have at all times the simplicity and the courage to believe it. What we call evil, is the only and best shape, which, for the person and his condition at the time, could be assumed by the best good. And so, FAREWELL.
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The direst foe of courage is the fear itself, not the object of it and the man who can overcome his own terror is a hero and more.
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It is not the cares of today, but the cares of tomorrow, that weigh a man down.
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