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Julius Hare and Augustus Hare : Guesses at Truth

Charlotte Bronte to her publisher, W. S. Williams, 13 September 1849:

'Reading has, of late, been my great solace and recreation [in year following the deaths of her brother and two sisters]. I have read J. C. Hare's "Guesses at Truth," a book containing things that in depth and far-sought wisdom sometimes recall the "Thoughts" of Pascal, only it is as the light of the moon recalls that of the sun.'

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Charlotte Brontë      Print: Book

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