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God, give us grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed, courage to change the things which should be changed and the wisdom to distinguish the one from the other.
God, give us grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed, courage to change the things which should be changed and the wisdom to distinguish the one from the other.
Approximate author period: c. 1915 AD · modern
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- Reinhold Niebuhr
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- Approximate author period: c. 1915 AD · modern
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