I want to question my belief, so that what is left after I have questi…

Thomas Hardy
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I want to question my belief, so that what is left after I have questioned it, will be even stronger. ✨ Thomas Hardy (2015). Tess of the d'Urbervilles, p.41, Oxford University Press
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