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Apathy is the acceptance of the unacceptable.

John Stott

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John Stott
Age: 90 †
Born: 1921
Born: April 27
Died: 2011
Died: July 27
Anglican Priest
Author
Missionary
Theologian
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London
England
John Robert Walmsley Stott
Religion
Unacceptable
Apathy
Acceptance

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