Despite these characteristics, of course, Sister was singular in important ways. But her singularity resulted more from her extraordinary application of her ordinariness than from unusual traits as such. She found the stamina to persist when others lagged; she had the practical creativity to make or acquire what she wanted while others simply craved it; she had the knack of enlisting cooperation and putting everyone to work. She loved people, and she lived out—at considerable personal cost—dreams
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