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Harriet Martineau: Men who pass...

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Men who pass most comfortably through this world are those who possess good digestions and hard hearts.

Source: In An Uncommon Scold, by Abby Adams, 1989.
-- Harriet Martineau, (Jun 12 1802-1876), English social reformer, writer; Despite deafness and heart disease, she was prominent among English intellectuals of her time; wrote The Positive Philosophy of Auguste Comte.


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