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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
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LA
California
Danger
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Spiritual
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Men
Wildness
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Adventure

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