The offhand decision of some commonplace mind high in office at a crit…

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The offhand decision of some commonplace mind high in office at a critical moment influences the course of events for a hundred years. ✨ Thomas Hardy (2007). Thomas Hardy, p.176, Wordsworth Editions
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