Sudden resolutions, like the sudden rise of the mercury in the barometer, indicate little else than the changeableness of the weather. (David Hare (dramatist))

Sudden resolutions, like the sudden rise of the mercury in the barometer, indicate little else than the changeableness of the weather.

David Hare (dramatist)

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