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George Eliot Quotes: The scornful nostril and the high head gather not the odors that lie on the track of truth.
         

The scornful nostril and the high head gather not the odors that lie on the track of truth.


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The scornful nostril and the high head gather not the odors that lie on the track of truth.
         



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