Consolation heaps without contact; somewhat like the blessed air which we need but to breathe. - Sophie Swetchine

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My best and worst boss was the same man - my father. He never - and I mean never - took 'I can't' for an answer. He taught me the value system that, to this day, I have continued to practice.

Sophie Swetchine

Consolation heaps without contact; somewhat like the blessed air which we need but to breathe.

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We recognize the action of God in great things: we exclude it in small. We forget that the Lord of eternity is also the Lord of the hour.

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