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We shall never learn to feel and respect our real calling and destiny, unless we have taught ourselves to consider every thing as moonshine, compared with the education of the heart.
We shall never learn to feel and respect our real calling and destiny, unless we have taught ourselves to consider every thing as moonshine, compared with the education of the heart.
Approximate author period: c. 1801 AD · industrial
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- Walter Scott
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- Approximate author period: c. 1801 AD · industrial
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