Did we not know this world to be but a place of trial — our bitter probation for another and for a better — how strange in its severity would seem th… - Letitia Elizabeth Landon

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Did we not know this world to be but a place of trial — our bitter probation for another and for a better — how strange in its severity would seem the lot of genius in a woman. The keen feeling — the generous enthusiasm — the lofty aspiration — and the delicate perception — are given but to make the possessor unfitted for her actual position.