The West's post-Holocaust pledge that genocide would never again be tolerated proved to be hollow, and for all the fine sentiments inspired by the memory of Auschwitz, the problem remains that denouncing evil is a far cry from doing good.
It is curious what patches of hardness and tenderness lie side by side in men__ dispositions. I suppose he has some test by which he finds out whom Heaven cares for.
Middlemarch
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It is curious what patches of hardness and tenderness lie side by side in men__ dispositions. I suppose he has some test by which he finds out whom Heaven cares for.
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