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Any day, any minute we bless God for our being or for anything, for food, for sunlight, we do and are what we were meant for, madefor--things that give and mean to give God glory.

Gerard Manley Hopkins

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Gerard Manley Hopkins
Age: 45 †
Born: 1844
Born: June 28
Died: 1889
Died: July 8
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London
England
Hopkins
Give
Sunlight
Anything
Bless
Giving
Minute
Mean
Praise
Things
Meant
Glory
Minutes
Food

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