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    THE RECORD OF A VANISHED LIFE. 261 \

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    b of y men a glance ; and was duplicity gifted , meanness with that , clear worldliness insi of g hum ht . which I am and detects certain that

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    powers _Business . utilizesabsorbs into itselfthat which is coarse and low toned in hum , anity ; when it cannot , degrade the higher

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    sure of corroding cares , the depression of ill-health . The brave

    The Record Of A Vanished Life. 261 \

    THE RECORD OF A VANISHED LIFE . 261 \

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  • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), June 1, 1864, page 261, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01061864/page/45/