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I am sometimes almost terrified at the scope of the demands made upon me, at the perfection of the self-abandonment required of me yet outside of such absoluteness can be no salvation.

George MacDonald

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George MacDonald
Age: 80 †
Born: 1824
Born: December 10
Died: 1905
Died: September 18
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Cleric
Journalist
Minister
Novelist
Philosopher
Poet
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Abandonment
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Terrified
Self
Required
Sometimes
Demands
Made
Salvation
Perfection
Demand
Absoluteness

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