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We look not at the things which are what you would call seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporal. But the things that are not seen are eternal.
We look not at the things which are what you would call seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporal. But the things that are not seen are eternal.
Approximate author period: c. 1962 AD · modern
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- Madeleine L'Engle
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- Approximate author period: c. 1962 AD · modern
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