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Loved this story of a selfish, vain “heroine” who clutches (metaphorical) burning coals against her chest and refuses to let them go while they burn her up. Trollope’s humor lightens the tale of this unlikeable character so the book isn’t too heavy.
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But in the long run it is perhaps even more apparent in our growing—for it ought to be growing—awareness that our whole being by its very nature is one vast need; incomplete, preparatory, empty yet cluttered, crying out for Him who can
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“I have been bent and broken, but - I hope - into a better shape.”
― Great Expectations
― Great Expectations
“The question is not, -- how much does the youth know? when he has finished his education -- but how much does he care? and about how many orders of things does he care? In fact, how large is the room in which he finds his feet set? and, therefore, how full is the life he has before him?”
― School Education: Developing A Curriculum
― School Education: Developing A Curriculum
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