Not what we would, but what we must Makes up the sum of living; Heaven is both more and less than just In taking and in giving. (Richard Henry Stoddard)

Not what we would, but what we must Makes up the sum of living; Heaven is both more and less than just In taking and in giving.

Richard Henry Stoddard

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