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We are built for the valley, for the ordinary stuff we are in, and that is where we have to prove our mettle.

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Oswald Chambers
Age: 43 †
Born: 1874
Born: July 24
Died: 1917
Died: November 15
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Theologian
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Aiberdeen
Mettle
Valley
Valleys
Ordinary
Prove
Built
Stuff

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