No one can depute authority. It comes too much from persona… - Anthony Trollope

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No one can depute authority. It comes too much from personal accidents, and too little from reason or law to be handed over to others.

Anthony Trollope

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Anthony Trollope (24 April 1815 – 6 December 1882) was one of the most successful, prolific and respected English novelists of the Victorian era.

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