Did we not know this world to be but a place of trial - our bitter probation for another and for a better - how strange in its severity would seem the lot of genius in a woman. The keen feeling - the generous enthusiasm - the lofty aspiration - and the delicate perception - are given but to make the possessor unfitted for her actual position. (Letitia Elizabeth Landon)

Did we not know this world to be but a place of trial - our bitter probation for another and for a better - how strange in its severity would seem the lot of genius in a woman. The keen feeling - the generous enthusiasm - the lofty aspiration - and the delicate perception - are given but to make the possessor unfitted for her actual position.

Letitia Elizabeth Landon

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