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David ran through concrete advantages. And then set aside the practical. The pragmatist was gone, replaced by the poet and mystic.

David ran through concrete advantages. And then set aside the practical. The pragmatist was gone, replaced by the poet and mystic.
– Geraldine Brooks

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