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The real problem is not why some pious, humble, believing people suffer, but why some do not.
The real problem is not why some pious, humble, believing people suffer, but why some do not.
Approximate author period: c. 1919 AD · modern
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- C.S. Lewis
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- Approximate author period: c. 1919 AD · modern
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