"The truths of life are not discovered by us. At moments unforeseen, some gracious influence descends upon the soul, touching it to an emotion which, we know not how, the mind transmutes into thought."

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Source : George Gissing (2016). “The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft”, p.148, The Floating Press

George Gissing

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