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Our goodness comes solely from thinking on goodness; our wickedness from thinking on wickedness. We too are the victims of our own contemplation.
John Jay Chapman
John Jay Chapman
John Jay Chapman
Born: Mar 2, 1862
Died: 1933

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Goodness, Own, Thinking, Too, Our, Solely, Contemplation, Victims, Wickedness

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