The World Is Before You, And You Need Not Take It Or Leave It As It Was Before You Came In.

The World Is Before You, And You Need Not Take It Or Leave It As It Was Before You Came In.

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The world is before you, and you need not take it or leave it as
it was before you came in.
-- James Baldwin

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