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I saw all the connections which had their root in social habit fade before the one which took its rise from public life and proved more firm and more enduring than the rest.
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John Morley
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gutenberg.orgJohn Morley: “I saw all the connections which had their root in social habit fade before the one which took its rise from public life…”
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Morley reflects on the enduring connections formed through public life, contrasting them with social habits.
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