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Confessions Of Jean-Jacques Rousseau: Book Nine: Part 4

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From: Great Works of Literature
Date: 19920101
Author:Rousseau, Jean-Jacques

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Book Nine: Part 4

It has been seen that, during the whole course of my life, my heart, as transparent as crystal, has never been capable of concealing for the space of a moment, any sentiment in the least lively, which had taken refuge in it. It will therefore be judged whether or not it was possible for me long to conceal my affection for Madame d'Houdetot. Our intimacy struck the eyes of everybody, we did not make of it either a secret or a mystery. It was not of a nature to require any such precaution, and as Madame d'Houdetot had for me the most tender friendship ...

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