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<h1> A BOOK OF STRIFE IN THE FORM OF<br/><br/> THE DIARY OF AN OLD SOUL </h1>
<h2> by George MacDonald </h2>
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<h2> DEDICATION </h2>
<p>Sweet friends, receive my offering. You will find<br/>
Against each worded page a white page set:—<br/>
This is the mirror of each friendly mind<br/>
Reflecting that. In this book we are met.<br/>
Make it, dear hearts, of worth to you indeed:—<br/>
Let your white page be ground, my print be seed,<br/>
Growing to golden ears, that faith and hope shall feed.<br/>
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YOUR OLD SOUL<br/></p>
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