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The river flows at its own sweet will, but the flood is bound in the two banks. If it were not thus bound, its freedom would be wasted.

Vinoba Bhave

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Vinoba Bhave
Age: 87 †
Born: 1895
Born: September 11
Died: 1982
Died: November 15
Educator
Human Rights Activist
Philosopher
Politician
Writer
Brooklyn
New York
Vinayak Narahari Bhave
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Banks
Freedom
Flood
Two
Bound
Would
River
Bounds
Rivers
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Wasted

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