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I have my choice: who can wish for more? Free will enables us to do everything well while imposition makes a light burden heavy.

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Samuel Richardson
Age: 73 †
Born: 1687
Born: August 19
Died: 1761
Died: July 4
Novelist
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S. Richardson
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Imposition
Light
Enables
Wells
Burden
Everything
Heavy
Well
Choice
Choices
Free
Wish

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