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The action carries a sense of incompleteness and frustration, but not of guilt. victorious living does not mean perfect living in the sense of living without flaw, but it does mean adequate living, and that can be consistent with many mistakes.
-E. Stanley Jones
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The Action Carries A Sense Of Incompleteness

E. Stanley Jones
The action carries a sense of incompleteness and frustration, but not of guilt. victorious living does not mean perfect living in the sense of living without flaw, but it does mean adequate living, and that can be consistent with many mistakes.
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