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> [“In spite of his exceeding mental perturbation, Simpson struggled hard to detect its nature, and define it, but the ascertaining of an elusive scent, not recognized subconsciously and at once, is a very subtle operation of the mind. And he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/algernon-blackwood/in-spite-of-his-exceeding-mental-perturbation-simpson-struggled-hard/)

[Algernon Blackwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/algernon-blackwood/)

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