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" It is while you are patiently toiling at the little tasks of life that the meaning and shape of the great whole of life dawn on you. "

Phillips Brooks

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" Our bodies are at once the receiving and transmitting stations for life itself. It is the highest wisdom to recognize this fact and train our bodies to render them sensitive and responsive to nature. art and religion. "

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