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As well ask shattered glass to remould itself!
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gutenberg.orgAlbert Beveridge: “As well ask shattered glass to remould itself!”
Editor's note · Context
Beveridge uses a metaphor to illustrate the impossibility of restoring something that has been irreparably damaged.
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