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Quotation from Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy

“Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night in which it was said, There is a man-child conceived.”

Thomas Hardy (spoken by Jude (quoting Job 3:3))

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

Portrait of Thomas Hardy

Dying alone, Jude whispers Job's lament while cheers from the college festivities drift in.

Citation: "Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night in which it was said, There is a man-child conceived." — Thomas Hardy, Jude the Obscure, Part Sixth, Ch. XI (Project Gutenberg text). (id jude-the-obscure-q7)

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

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