"The very winds whispered in soothing accents, and maternal Nature bade me weep no more."
-Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
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"I am very averse to bringing myself forward in print, but as my account will only appear as an appendage to a former production, and as it will be confined to such topics as have connection with my authorship alone, I can hardly accuse myself of a personal intrusion.“
-Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
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