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“Do you always do as you would like to do were it in your power? I find that circ…” — Richard Jefferies
Do you always do as you would like to do were it in your power? I find that circumstances force me often to act in a manner quite opposite to what I should prefer; I am, of course, judged by my acts, but do they really afford a true key to my character? I think not.
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