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Run when I can, walk when I cannot run, and creep when I cannot walk.

John Bunyan

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John Bunyan
Age: 59 †
Born: 1628
Born: November 28
Died: 1688
Died: August 31
Novelist
Preacher
Theologian
Writer
Elstow
Bedfordshire
John Bunyan
Running
Cannot
Creep
Creeps
Walk
Walks

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