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“The magistrate's Toryism had taught Jacob, I think - with Toryism and other forms of villainy - to hate the sin and not the sinner” quote by Rebecca Trapido — Download Open image

““The magistrate's Toryism had taught Jacob, I think - with Toryism and other forms of villainy - to hate the sin and not the sinner””

Rebecca Trapido

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