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Alison Rose
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Should possibilities be worse to bear than certainties?
[Oftentimes, yes]
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[Oftentimes, yes]
Alison Rose
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conscience is an elastic&very flexible article which will bear a deal of stretching&adapt to a variety of circumstances. Some by prudent management&leaving it off piece by piece like a flannel waistcoat in warm weather even contrive in time to dispense w/it altogether, but there can be others who assume the garment&throw it off at pleasure; this being the greatest&most convenient improvement is the one most in vogue.
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Alison Rose
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'Ah' said the dwarf...'that should be your grandson, neighbour!'
'Say rather that he should not be,' replied the old man. 'But he is.'
[oh snap]
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I could form no comprehension of his character unless he were one of those miserable wretches who, having made gain the sole end&object of their lives&having succeeded in amassing great riches, are constantly tortured by the dread of poverty&beset by fear of loss&ruin
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'Say rather that he should not be,' replied the old man. 'But he is.'
[oh snap]
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I could form no comprehension of his character unless he were one of those miserable wretches who, having made gain the sole end&object of their lives&having succeeded in amassing great riches, are constantly tortured by the dread of poverty&beset by fear of loss&ruin

















