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If we would build on a sure foundation in friendship we must love friends for their sake rather than for our own.
If we would build on a sure foundation in friendship we must love friends for their sake rather than for our own.
Approximate author period: c. 1835 AD · industrial
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- Charlotte Bronte
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- Approximate author period: c. 1835 AD · industrial
Approximate period for recorded attribution label Charlotte Bronte: recorded author lifetime 1816–1855. Source: https://edsverb.com/authors/charlotte-bronte (checked 2026-10-08). The existing author record is charlotte-bronte; no author identity is bound and no quotation composition date or attribution is independently verified.
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