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While Feeling Far Less Injured By Toil Than My Friends Took For Granted I Must Be, I Yet Was Always Aware Of The Strong Probability That My Life Would End As The Lives Of Hard Literary Workers Usually End, - In Paralysis, With Months Or Years Of Imbecility.

-Harriet Martineau

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While Feeling Far Less Injured By Toil

Harriet Martineau

While Feeling Far Less Injured By Toil Than My Friends Took For Granted I Must Be, I Yet Was Always Aware Of The Strong Probability That My Life Would End As The Lives Of Hard Literary Workers Usually End, - In Paralysis, With Months Or Years Of Imbecility.

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