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Think of life as a voyage. The truest liver of the truest life is like a voyager who, as he sails, is not indifferent to all the beauty of the sea around him.

Phillips Brooks

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Phillips Brooks
Age: 57 †
Born: 1835
Born: December 13
Died: 1893
Died: January 23
Clergyman
Hymnwriter
Priest
Writer
Boston
Massachusetts
Around
Voyages
Think
Liver
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Truest
Life
Sail
Like
Vacation
Indifferent
Voyager
Sea
Sails
Beauty
Voyage

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