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Ballet Star
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Molazes House on the island of Inishmury, Ireland, which was constructed entirely of loose stones without the use of mortar, has endured for fourteen hundred years, believe it or not. In a moment I'll tell you about a ballet star who built a cathedral.
The Roman Catholic Cathedral of Our Lady in the Martyrs in Cambridge, England, was built through the generosity of one donor. Madam Lynn Stevens, a native of Paris, had been a ballet star in her youth, but left the stage to marry Stevens Lynn Stevens, a wealthy English banker. Later she calculated her stage earnings, added the interest for 42 years, which totaled $500,000. This she donated for
the construction of the cathedral in the English city of her adoption. Believe it or not.
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