I suppose that nature works on such a hopeful basis that we… - Bram Stoker

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I suppose that nature works on such a hopeful basis that we believe against ourselves that things will be as they ought to be, not as we should know that they will be.

Bram Stoker

Dracula · May 12, 1986 Verified in 1 source Sign up to see the complete provenance

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Abraham Stoker (8 November 1847 – 20 April 1912) was an Irish novelist and short story writer who wrote under the name Bram Stoker, and was the author of the horror novel Dracula.

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