Tess of the D'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented — Chapter I • Paragraph 2774
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She tried to argue, and tell him that he had mixed in his dull brain two matters, theology and morals, which in the primitive days of mankind had been quite distinct. But owing to Angel Clare’s reticence, to her absolute want of training, and to her being a vessel of emotions rather than reasons, she could not get on.