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Quotation from The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton

“To keep a kind of republic of the spirit—that’s what I call success.”

Edith Wharton (spoken by Lawrence Selden)

The House of Mirth, Book One, Chapter 6 (Project Gutenberg #284)

Selden describes his idea of freedom to Lily.

Citation: "To keep a kind of republic of the spirit—that’s what I call success." — Edith Wharton, The House of Mirth, Book One, Chapter 6 (Project Gutenberg #284). (id wharton-the-house-of-mirth-q1)

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