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The present age is an age of plenty

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Meditations of a Hermit Claudel the relationship between language andBy Charles de Foucauld Translated by Charlotte Balfour My vocation, declared Charles de Foucauld, is to lead a hidden, solitary life. In his desert hermitage, he accomplished that vocation with heartfelt simplicity and singular devotion to Christ crucified. At the same time, thanks to his heroic efforts to convert the Tuareg people to the Christian faith, he accepted the responsibility of writing, teaching, and preaching in order to faithfully follow