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We are not to be isolated but insulated, moving in the midst of evil but untouched by it.

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Vance Havner
Age: 77 †
Born: 1886
Born: February 16
Died: 1963
Died: May 2
Clergyman
Literary Critic
Literary Historian
Plainfield
New Jersey
Insulated
Untouched
Isolated
Midst
Evil
Moving

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