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> [But have you never noticed that when one has been trying to do something really good one is much nearer committing some special sin than when one keeps on in the selfish, matter-of-fact prudence of minding one's own business, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geraldine-jewsbury/but-have-you-never-noticed-that-when-one-has-been-trying-to-do/)

[Geraldine Jewsbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geraldine-jewsbury/)

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