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There is no despair so absolute as that which comes with the first moments of our first great sorrow, when we have not yet known what it is to have suffered and be healed, to have despaired and have recovered hope.
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There is no despair so absolute as that which comes with the first moments of our first great sorrow, when we have not yet known what it is to have suffered and be healed, to have despaired and have recovered hope. — George Eliot

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George Eliot was a Author from United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1819–1880).

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This quote is attributed to George Eliot, a Author from United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
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George Eliot lived from 1819 – 1880.