Peace demands the most heroic labor and the most difficult

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Peace demands the most heroic labor and the most difficult sacrifice. It demands greater heroism than war. It demands greater fidelity to the truth and a much more perfect purity of conscience. - Thomas Merton

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Clergyman, born in France 1915-68

Born:31st January, 1915
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Starsign: Aquarius

Author Keywords: France, Born, Clergyman

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