One great reason why clergymen's households are generally unhappy is because the clergyman is so much at home or close about the house. (Samuel Butler (novelist))

One great reason why clergymen's households are generally unhappy is because the clergyman is so much at home or close about the house.

Samuel Butler (novelist)

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