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Leanness in their soul

Posted on July 8, 2015 Written by Mark McIntyre 3 Comments

The phrase “leanness into their soul” stood out to me because it seems an appropriate description of the society I see around me. In America, we have more prosperity and less leisure time with which to enjoy it. We have more channels with less worth watching. We have more methods of communication and seemingly less to say.

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