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Ruth Ruth said: " I wanted to like this book because the topic is quite interesting. At times the writing uses clever and unusual phrasing. At other times, the book jus a slow plodding to get through. Perhaps this is the author's way of representing who Cromwell was b ...more "

 
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“The best way to not feel hopeless is to get up and do something. Don’t wait for good things to happen to you. If you go out and make some good things happen, you will fill the world with hope, you will fill yourself with hope.”
― Barack Obama
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