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“In ordinary life we hardly realize that we receive a great deal more than we give, and that it is only with gratitude that life becomes rich.”

Dietrich Bonhoeffer pastor, theologian, German Resistance fighter in World War II

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John G from Macedonia JANUARY 20, 2010
He was also a martyr.

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