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“We knew so little of the cosmos when the Dead Sea Scrolls were written. Why did the universe continue to bury its secrets so deep, unbeknownst to us, revealing them only at a time and place of its choosing? Was there not a kernel of truth to it?”

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Book:The Secret Adoption: A Family Memoir
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