Charlotte Brontë quote: I had not, it seems, the originality to chalk out a new road to shame and destruction, but trode the ...

I had not, it seems, the originality to chalk out a new road to shame and destruction, but trode the old track with stupid exactness not to deviate an inch from the beaten centre.

~ Charlotte Brontë ~

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