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My Ongoing Response to Reading "War & Peace" by Leo Tolstoy For The Remainder of living in The United States In 2025.

My Ongoing Response to Reading "War & Peace" by Leo Tolstoy For The Remainder of living in The United States In 2025.

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My Ongoing Response to Reading "War & Peace" by Leo Tolstoy For The Remainder of living in The United States In 2025.
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I.

I just started it but I’m pretty sure

War & Peace is about the context in which people say things

WHY they say things

The ugly real reasons

The longing real reasons

The desire for connection and to touch God in others that drives their every action

And gesture

And word spoken or not

The first part that really struck me

Was when a soldier with money and influen…

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