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Familiarity and Belonging - by Simon Sarris

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“Men did not love Rome because she was great.

“Men did not love Rome because she was great. She was great because they had loved her.” — G.K. Chesterton Dear friends, A short story: The princess kisses a frog, and creates the prince. ~ ~ ~ Over time several thoughts of the same cloth have come to me: ~ Reading is good, re-reading is sublime. I am always surprised when re-reading my favorite books at just how much more there is the second time. ~ Revisiting the same mountain trail ten times is more illuminating than hiking ten different mountains. The feeling that dawns on you once a trail is well-known has no substitute. Here is…

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