"Many...have learned that the magnitude of lives is……" — Thomas Hardy
"Many...have learned that the magnitude of lives is not as to their external displacements, but as to their subjective experiences. The impressionable peasant leads a larger, fuller, more dramatic life than the pachydermatous king."
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