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- phrase For much as one wishes to
achieve something, thefrailties of the human body often make itimpossible .
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From The Bible account of Jesus' last night in Gethsemane. Matthew Ch.26:41. Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.
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