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The sin which is indulged to the greatest extent, which separates us from God and produces so many spiritual disorders, and which are contagious, is selfishness.

The sin which is indulged to the greatest extent, which separates us from God and produces so many spiritual disorders, and which are contagious, is selfishness.

Approximate author period: c. 1871 AD · industrial

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Ellen G. White
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Approximate author period: c. 1871 AD · industrial
Approximate period for the recorded attribution to Ellen G. White, based on documented lifetime 1827 to 1915. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q292290 (checked 2026-10-08). This is not a quotation composition date or independent authentication of its attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q292290 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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