No public character has ever stood the revelation of private utterance…

Lord Acton
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No public character has ever stood the revelation of private utterance and correspondence. ✨ Lord Acton (2016). Historical Essays and Studies: Great Event, p.449, VM eBooks
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No public character has ever stood the revelation of private utterance and correspondence. ✨ Lord Acton (2016). Historical Essays and Studies: Great Event, p.449, VM eBooks

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