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john4525 · Wysłany: Wto 11:08, 15 Mar 2011 Temat postu: but my Publishers are definite

three quarters.
To the Publicfor the indulgent ear it has inclined to a plain tale
with few pretensions.
To the Pressfor the fair field its honest suffrage has opened to
an obscure aspirant. To my Publishersfor the aid their tacttheir
energytheir practical sense and frank liberality have afforded an
unknown and unrecommended Author.
The Press and the Public are but vague personifications for me
and I must thank them in vague terms; but my Publishers are
definite: so are certain generous critics who have encouraged me
as only large-hearted and high-minded men know how to
encourage a struggling stranger; to them
i.e.to my Publishers
and the select ReviewersI say cordiallyGentlemenI thank you
from my heart.
Having thus acknowledged what I owe those who have aided
and approved meI turn to another class; a small oneso far as I
knowbut notthereforeto be overlooked. I mean the timorous or
carping few who doubt the tendency of such books as Jane Eyre: in
whose eyes whatever is unusual is wrong; whose ears detect in
each protest against bigotry��that parent of crime��an insult to
pietythat regent of God on earth. I would suggest to such
doubters certain obvious distinctions; I yilai:
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