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One of the greatest evils of the day among those outside of prison is their sense of futility. Young people say What is the sense of our small effort? They cannot see that we must lay one brick at a time take one step at a time we can be responsible only for the one action of the present moment.
One of the greatest evils of the day among those outside of prison is their sense of futility. Young people say What is the sense of our small effort? They cannot see that we must lay one brick at a time take one step at a time we can be responsible only for the one action of the present moment.
Approximate author period: c. 1938 AD · modern
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- Dorothy Day
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- Approximate author period: c. 1938 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Dorothy Day: life dates 1897 to 1980. Wikidata Q150281, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q150281 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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