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Fretting springs from a determination to get our own way.

Oswald Chambers

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Oswald Chambers
Age: 43 †
Born: 1874
Born: July 24
Died: 1917
Died: November 15
Author
Theologian
Writer
Aiberdeen
Spring
Inspirational
Way
Life
Fretting
Springs
Determination

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