He's the man we were in search of, that's true, and yet he's not the man we were in search of. For the man we were in search of was not the man we wa… - Thomas Hardy

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He's the man we were in search of, that's true, and yet he's not the man we were in search of. For the man we were in search of was not the man we wanted.

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About Thomas Hardy

Thomas Hardy OM (June 2 1840 – January 11 1928) was an English novelist, short story writer and poet.

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