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Is there any other slavery and chain like that of temperament?

— Mary Augusta Ward The History of David Grieve (1891)

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Truth has never been, can never be, contained in any one creed or system!

Robert Elsmere (1888)

There is nothing more startling in human relations than the strong emotions of weak people.

The History of David Grieve (1891)

Every man is bound to leave a story better than he found it.

Robert Elsmere (1888)

All things change,—creeds and philosophies and outward systems,—but God remains!

Robert Elsmere (1888)

But the mind travels far—and mysteriously—in sleep.

A Writer's Recollections (1918)

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