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“I cannot pretend to feel impartial about the colours. I rejoice with the brilliant ones, and am genuinely sorry for the poor browns.”
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- quote
- Confidence:
- 0.60
- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
- Hash:
- 2970728c1389833555122532565d7fa091b041bdd213355ff869479b1dff6bfc
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