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It was wrong to be so joyless, so desponding; I should have made God my friend, and to do His will the pleasure and the business of my life; but faith was weak, and passion was too strong.
It was wrong to be so joyless, so desponding; I should have made God my friend, and to do His will the pleasure and the business of my life; but faith was weak, and passion was too strong.
Approximate author period: c. 1834 AD · industrial
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- Anne Brontë
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- Approximate author period: c. 1834 AD · industrial
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