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> [Meditation is first quietness. We live in a great din. It is well to see (for who sees it not will have but narrow sympathies and understand little that occurs around him) that the noise is often a noble uproar,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-vila-blake/meditation-is-first-quietness-we-live-in-a-great-din-it-is-well-to/)

[James Vila Blake](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-vila-blake/)

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