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Page 65
... leave he got , sometimes just a single night as he was passing through , he wrestled there with God like Jacob in the desert . But at the end of each year he had to look back on a series of lost battles , and add another defeat to her ...
... leave he got , sometimes just a single night as he was passing through , he wrestled there with God like Jacob in the desert . But at the end of each year he had to look back on a series of lost battles , and add another defeat to her ...
Page 354
... leave after I had sent on that telegram to you . ' ' Why ? ' Anton asked , with a sinking feeling in his stomach . ' Just like that , ' Kramer replied . ' A hunch . ' ' But my time isn't up yet . I've got another year to go . ' Dr ...
... leave after I had sent on that telegram to you . ' ' Why ? ' Anton asked , with a sinking feeling in his stomach . ' Just like that , ' Kramer replied . ' A hunch . ' ' But my time isn't up yet . I've got another year to go . ' Dr ...
Page 390
... leave your work after just getting started , but that I considered the state of your health to be such that I had to force you to leave your post , and I wouldn't be far wrong either . If you haven't had an attack of malaria yet , you ...
... leave your work after just getting started , but that I considered the state of your health to be such that I had to force you to leave your post , and I wouldn't be far wrong either . If you haven't had an attack of malaria yet , you ...
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