“ People are so hard, and cold, and stiff, and cruel, that one can never do what one feels, oneself, to be right. ”
Anthony Trollope, Phineas Redux (1874). copy citation
| Author | Anthony Trollope |
|---|---|
| Source | Phineas Redux |
| Topic | feeling right |
| Date | 1874 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/18640/18640-h/18640-h.htm |
Context
“He was shown up into the drawing-room in which she sat, and there he found her—alone. "Oh, Phineas, I am so glad you have come."
"I have done as I said, you see."
"I could not go to you when they told me that you were ill. You will have understood all that?"
"Yes; I understand."
"People are so hard, and cold, and stiff, and cruel, that one can never do what one feels, oneself, to be right. So you have given up your seat."
"Yes,—I am no longer a Member of Parliament."
"Barrington says that they will certainly re-elect you."
"We shall see. You may be sure at any rate of this,—that I shall never ask them to do so.”
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