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It Could Happen Here Weekly 14

Behind the Bastards

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Are You an Optimist or a Pessimist?

Every year there are four final candidates for the papacy, and two of them are always the same. Human action still has space to alter the outcomes that are prefigured by the great forces of history. And i think that rather than optimism or pessimism, we can be hopeful. If you can take a step to advance your goal, then you will attain a new vantage point.

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