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Maria Edgeworth: When one illusion...

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When one illusion vanishes, another shall appear, and, still leading me forward towards an horizon that retreats as I advance, the happy prospect of futurity shall vanish only with my existence.

Source: Letters to Julia and Caroline, 1787.
-- Maria Edgeworth, (Jan 1 1767-1849), English children's author; Her novels depict Irish life and moral tales for children.


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