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Calendar of wisdom: daily thoughts to nourish the soul.

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From: Presbyterian Record
Date: 19980101
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by Leo Tolstoy, translated by Peter Sekirin (Scribner, 1997, $27). Reviewed by John Congram.

Tolstoy considered this book more important than his famous novel War and Peace. Put together over several years at the turn of the century, Tolstoy described the book as "wise thoughts for every day of the year, from the greatest philosophers of all times and peoples."

Each day has a theme such as God, faith, family, kindness, prayer, children and so on. Tolstoy's own thoughts on the theme are included, with the one he considered most exemplifying the theme shown in italics.

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