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"However little you may esteem them as individuals, it is not pleasant to be looked upon as a liar and a hypocrite, to be thought to practise what you abhor, and to encourage the vices you would discountenance, to find your good intentions frustrated, and your hands crippled by your supposed unworthiness, and to bring disgrace on the principles you profess.'
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Helen to Gilbert (Ch. XII : A T?te-?-t?te and a Discovery)
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Gilbert and Helen (Ch. XII : A T?te-?-t?te and a Discovery)

 

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