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Entertainment is the devils substitute for joy, and when you get satisfaction out of that dumb thing, your joy will diminish.

Leonard Ravenhill

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Leonard Ravenhill
Age: 87 †
Born: 1907
Born: June 18
Died: 1994
Died: November 27
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