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Thomas Hardy, Jude the Obscure Quotes: I have sometimes thought--that under the affectation of independent views you are as enslaved to the social code as any woman I know!
         

I have sometimes thought--that under the affectation of independent views you are as enslaved to the social code as any woman I know!


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