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> [“For a century and a half, people have wondered what factors - genetic and environmental - were especially significant in the evolution of the Bronte genius. Part of the answer lies, I believe, in the physical, emotional, intellectual and religious…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marianne-thorm-hlen/for-a-century-and-a-half-people-have-wondered-what-factors-genetic/)

[Marianne Thormählen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marianne-thorm-hlen/)

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## Other authors on Bronte

- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-virginia-woolf-93906.jpg) Virginia Woolf 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bronte/virginia-woolf/)

## More by Marianne Thormählen

> [“No heroine in Charlotte and Anne Bronte's fiction omits this duty, even in times of danger and perturbation of mind; but most of them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marianne-thorm-hlen/no-heroine-in-charlotte-and-anne-bronte-s-fiction-omits-this-duty/)

[Marianne Thormählen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marianne-thorm-hlen/)

> [“For a century and a half, people have wondered what factors - genetic and environmental - were especially significant in the evolution of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marianne-thorm-hlen/for-a-century-and-a-half-people-have-wondered-what-factors-genetic/)

[Marianne Thormählen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marianne-thorm-hlen/)

> [“To Lucy Snowe, 'Romanism' is 'a great mixed image of gold and clay', and the latter quality is particularly evident in the bartering deals…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marianne-thorm-hlen/to-lucy-snowe-romanism-is-a-great-mixed-image-of-gold-and-clay-and/)

[Marianne Thormählen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marianne-thorm-hlen/)

> [“Such an attitude presupposes confidence in one's own power to search for and recognize the truth, as well as trust in the truth to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marianne-thorm-hlen/such-an-attitude-presupposes-confidence-in-one-s-own-power-to-search/)

[Marianne Thormählen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marianne-thorm-hlen/)

> [“Pere Silas in Villette marshals his forces with considerable skill and subtlety. Although he claims to be momentarily taken aback by the young woman…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marianne-thorm-hlen/pere-silas-in-villette-marshals-his-forces-with-considerable-skill/)

[Marianne Thormahlen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marianne-thorm-hlen/)

> [“It will be clear from instances like these that Jane and Helen withstand temptation not because they are 'good girls', to quote Winnifrith's designation…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marianne-thorm-hlen/it-will-be-clear-from-instances-like-these-that-jane-and-helen/)

[Marianne Thormählen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marianne-thorm-hlen/)

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