We know that Heaven chastens those whom it loves best being pleased by repeated trials, to make ... pure spirits more pure. (William Makepeace Thackeray)

We know that Heaven chastens those whom it loves best being pleased by repeated trials, to make ... pure spirits more pure.

William Makepeace Thackeray

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