"In the vanity of self-consciousness one feels at a long remove above the ordinary love and trustfulness of a simple and pure heart."

Love, Heart, Self, Vanity

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"In the vanity of self-consciousness one feels at a long remove above the ordinary love and trustfulness of a simple and pure heart."

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