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David G. Epstein

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Average rating: 2.0 · 4 ratings · 3 reviews · 1 distinct work
Brasília, plan and reality;...

it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1973
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The Long Goodbye
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This is more than a pamphlet and less than a treatise. The thesis the author, an anti-Zionist Israeli presents, is that we ignore at our peril the anti-gentilism baked into both rabbinic Judaism and Zionism, and accept a distorted view of history and ...more
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“I leave my peace with you. I give my peace to you. I do not give it to you as the world does. Do not let your hearts be troubled. And do not be afraid. John 14:27”
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“All is not lost, the unconquerable will, and study of revenge, immortal hate, and the courage never to submit or yield.”
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“The line separating good and evil passes not through states, nor between classes, nor between political parties either -- but right through every human heart -- and through all human hearts. This line shifts. Inside us, it oscillates with the years. And even within hearts overwhelmed by evil, one small bridgehead of good is retained”
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Jeannie Faulkner Barber Thanks David for adding me to your friend list!
Blessings,
Jeannie


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Noran Miss Pumkin Thank you for the honor of the add! I just added the story of how my father checked out his blind date out the night before he woke up in the ditch.


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