Baker Brownell Quotes

Though we live amid promiscuous pressures, spiritual clutter and forgetfulness, we probably still value the integrity of life.

Baker Brownell

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• Though we live amid promiscuous pressures, spiritual clutter and forgetfulness, we probably still value the integrity of life.

  

  Baker Brownell
  • Life
  • Live
  • Value