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The blessedness of life depends more upon its interests than upon its comforts.

The blessedness of life depends more upon its interests than upon its comforts.

Approximate author period: c. 1864 AD · industrial

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Author or tradition
George Macdonald
Attribution: attributed
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Approximate author period: c. 1864 AD · industrial
Approximate author-period evidence for George MacDonald: life dates 1824 to 1905. Wikidata Q368519, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q368519 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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Thoughts: Selected from the writings of favorite authors (1901) (1901 AD)

Complete signed selection 449; printed byline: George Macdonald; New York: Dodge Publishing Company, 1901

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