An interval of meditation, serious and grateful, was the best correcti…

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An interval of meditation, serious and grateful, was the best corrective of everything dangerous. ✨ Jane Austen (2012). The Complete Novels of Jane Austen, Volume 2: Emma, Northanger Abbey, Persuasion, p.707, Modern Library
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An interval of meditation, serious and grateful, was the best corrective of everything dangerous. ✨ Jane Austen (2012). The Complete Novels of Jane Austen, Volume 2: Emma, Northanger Abbey, Persuasion, p.707, Modern Library

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