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The Gift Of The Magi By Dwight Lyman Moody
"Character is who you are in the dark," wrote Dwight Lyman Moody with many interpretations in mind. This famous quote has grasped the attention of many readers. Different readers always find various angles to explain the meaning of this quote. There are numerous stories or texts that approve and disapprove of our phrase.

"The Gift of the Magi," written by O Henry, gives confident approval that our equation applies in multiple ways to the text. It can give definitions and reasons for our quote to better explain different interpretations.

Some particular interpretations of our fragment could be, " You are most yourself when no one is watching." Other readers came up with, "your true nature is on the inside." In addition to these

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