Fidelity to conscience is inconsistent with retiring modesty. If it be so, let the modesty succumb. It can be only a false modesty which can be thus endangered.
-- Harriet Martineau
   
Harriet Martineau   Name:
Harriet Martineau
Type:
Writer
Nationality:
English
Birth:
June 12, 1802
Death:
June 27, 1876
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