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> [You have been asking what you could do in the great events that are now stirring, and have found that you could do nothing. But that is because your suffering has caused you to phrase the question in the wrong…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-brust/you-have-been-asking-what-you-could-do-in-the-great-events-that-are/)

[Steven Brust](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-brust/)

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