I believe that a man is converted when first he hears the low, vast mu…

D. H. Lawrence
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I believe that a man is converted when first he hears the low, vast murmur of life, of human life, troubling his hitherto unconscious self. ✨ D. H. Lawrence, James T. Boulton (2002). The Letters of D. H. Lawrence, p.39, Cambridge University Press
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I believe that a man is converted when first he hears the low, vast murmur of life, of human life, troubling his hitherto unconscious self. ✨ D. H. Lawrence, James T. Boulton (2002). The Letters of D. H. Lawrence, p.39, Cambridge University Press

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