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May 2023
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No Compromise #46: ”If” by Rudyard Kipli...

Dr. John D. Wise
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Jenny and I discuss the poem "If" by Rudyard Kipling

Read this poem by Rudyard Kipling: https://www.kiplingsociety.co.uk/poem/poems_if.htm

Audio of "The Gods of the Copybook Headings" read without commentary by John: https://youtu.be/l_iVSFPsR_s

 

BOOK: Through the Looking Glass: The Imploding of an Atheist Professor's Worldview

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