There are moments when a man's imagination, so easily subdued to what …

Edith Wharton
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There are moments when a man's imagination, so easily subdued to what it lives in, suddenly rises above its daily level and surveys the long windings of destiny. ✨ Edith Wharton (2012). The Age of Innocence, p.228, Courier Corporation
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