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Adventure, with all its requisite danger and wildness, is a deeply spiritual longing written into the soul of man.

John Eldredge

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John Eldredge
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: June 6
Author
Psychotherapist
Writer
LA
California
Longing
Deeply
Adventure
Danger
Written
Spiritual
Soul
Requisite
Men
Wildness

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