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    Roderick
    Roderick
    Roderick
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    Roderick

    By Roderick Butler

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    My father once said, “It’s not how long your prayer is but how strong.” Likewise, it is not how long a book is but how utterly strong. After purchasing this book, I hope the strength it was written in will be evident to the reader, given that it was written by a black author. I feel the impact will be dark enough to create an awful space. So this shiny compilation of logic may have its eternal place and time in your head.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherXlibris US
    Release dateNov 30, 2018
    ISBN9781984545350
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