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Tag: Ashamed

Wendell Berry
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Wendell Berry – Do Not Be Ashamed

March 5, 2020March 5, 2020 Vanessa Able

Wendell Berry addresses the pressures of authority and the onus to conform in a defiant and compassionate stance against whatever would shame a person into compliance.

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