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As long as habit and routine dictate the pattern of living, new dimensions of the soul will not emerge.

Henry Van Dyke

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Henry Van Dyke
Age: 80 †
Born: 1852
Born: November 10
Died: 1933
Died: April 10
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Germantown
Philadelphia
Habit
Spiritual
Living
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Soul
Emerge
Long
Pattern
Dimensions
Routine
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