"But she had learnt, in those solemn hours of thought, that she herself must one day answer for her own life, and what she had done with it; and she tried to settle that most difficult problem, how much was to be utterly merged in obedience to authority, and how much might be set apart for freedom in working."

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About Elizabeth Gaskell

Elizabeth Gaskell was an English novelist and short-story writer of the Victorian era. She is known for works such as Mary Barton, Cranford, and North and South. She also wrote an influential biography of Charlotte Bronte.

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