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The will is never free - it is always attached to an object, a purpose. It is simply the engine in the car - it can't steer

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Joyce Cary
Age: 68 †
Born: 1888
Born: December 7
Died: 1957
Died: March 29
Novelist
Writer
Derry
Northern Ireland
Joyce Lunel Cary
Arthur Joyce Lunel Cary
Car
Objects
Simply
Steer
Purpose
Steers
Free
Engine
Always
Attached
Never
Engines
Object

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