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  ...village, to whom any man or woman may go with request or complaint. If two of those three men judge the matter fit to refer to me, the probability is that I shall see it as they do. If any man think them scant of justice towards him, let him come to me. Should I find myself in doubt, I have here at my side my beloved and honoured master to whom to apply for counsel, knowing that what oracle he may utter I shall receive straight from the innermost parts of a temple of the Holy Ghost. Friends, if we be honest with ourselves, we shall be honest with each other.
"And, in conclusion, why should you hear from any lips but my own, that this lady beside me, the daughter of an English earl of ancient house, has honoured the house of Lossie by consenting to become its marchioness? Lady Clementina Thornicroft possesses large estates in the south of England, but not for them did I seek her favour--as you will be convinced when you reflect what the fact involves which she has herself desired me to make known to you-- namely, that it was while yet she...
 
Macdonald, George

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George MacDonald (December 10, 1824 September 18, 1905) was a Scottish author, poet, and Christian minister. · Can we improve this biography? Write us your version.

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