Bounds Quote by Jean Ingelow

“I am glad to think I am not bound to make the world go right, but only to discover and to do, with cheerful heart, the work that God appoints.” quote by Jean Ingelow — Download Open image

“I am glad to think I am not bound to make the world go right, but only to discover and to do, with cheerful heart, the work that God appoints.”

Jean Ingelow

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