The most mortifying infirmity in human nature, to feel in ourselves, o…

Charles Lamb
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The most mortifying infirmity in human nature, to feel in ourselves, or to contemplate in another, is perhaps cowardice. ✨ Charles Lamb (1867). The essays of Elia. [Followed by] The last essays of Elia, p.219
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