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Quotation from The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë

“but it is a glorious thought to cherish in one’s own heart, and I would not part with it for all the world can give!”

Anne Brontë (spoken by Helen)

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, Chapter XX (Project Gutenberg #969 (1920 John Murray edition))

Portrait of Anne Brontë

Helen tells her aunt that she has found in Scripture a hope that the wicked will be punished only for an age and finally saved, and that she cherishes the belief privately.

Citation: "but it is a glorious thought to cherish in one’s own heart, and I would not part with it for all the world can give!" — Anne Brontë, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, Chapter XX (Project Gutenberg #969 (1920 John Murray edition)). (id the-tenant-of-wildfell-hall-q4)

Portrait: Anne Brontë by Patrick Branwell Brontë restored, Branwell Brontë, Public domain.

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