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No evil dooms us hopelessly except the evil we love, and desire to continue in, and make no effort to escape from.
No evil dooms us hopelessly except the evil we love, and desire to continue in, and make no effort to escape from.
Approximate author period: c. 1849 AD · industrial
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- George Eliot
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- Approximate author period: c. 1849 AD · industrial
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