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I feel that this also is true; but, dear Sir, is not the real…
Quote byCharlotte Brontë · 1816–1855
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Letter to G. H. Lewes, 6 November 1847.
English (original)
I feel that this also is true; but, dear Sir, is not the real experience of each individual very limited? And, if a writer dwells upon that solely or principally, is he not in danger of repeating himself, and also of becoming an egotist? Then, too, imagination is a strong, restless faculty, which claims to be heard and exercised: are we to be quite deaf to her cry, and insensate to her struggles?
— Charlotte Brontë
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