To Pass To The Deluge, And Beyond It, And To Come To Close Quarters With Our Proper Division, The Origin Of Romance Itself Is A Very Debatable Subject, Or Rather It Is A Subject Which The Wiser Mind Will Hardly Care To Debate Much. - SearchQuotes

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To pass to the deluge, and beyond it, and to come to close quarters with our proper division, the origin of Romance itself is a very debatable subject, or rather it is a subject which the wiser mind will hardly care to debate much.

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