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Quotation from Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy

“I am in a chaos of principles—groping in the dark—acting by instinct and not after example.”

Thomas Hardy (spoken by Jude)

Jude the Obscure, Part Sixth, Ch. I (Project Gutenberg text)

Portrait of Thomas Hardy

Back in Christminster on Remembrance Day, Jude speaks to the crowd of his lost certainties.

Citation: "I am in a chaos of principles—groping in the dark—acting by instinct and not after example." — Thomas Hardy, Jude the Obscure, Part Sixth, Ch. I (Project Gutenberg text). (id jude-the-obscure-q4)

Portrait: Thomashardy restored, Bain News Service, publisher, Public domain.

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