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People talk about the conscience, but it seems to me one must just bring it up to a certain point and leave it there. You can let your conscience alone if you're nice to the second housemaid.
People talk about the conscience, but it seems to me one must just bring it up to a certain point and leave it there. You can let your conscience alone if you're nice to the second housemaid.
Approximate author period: c. 1879 AD · industrial
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- Henry James
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- Approximate author period: c. 1879 AD · industrial
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