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[A] watch keeping correct time is no guarantee that the bearer shall…

Quote byRichard Jefferies · 1848–1887

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: ' (1883), Chapter II, p. 28.

English (original)

[A] watch keeping correct time is no guarantee that the bearer shall not suffer pain. The owner of the watch may be soulless, without mind-fire, a mere creature. No benefit to the heart or to the body accrues from the most accurate mechanism.

— Richard Jefferies

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