Fidelity to conscience is i... by Harriet Martineau, an English Writer

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“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.”

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Harriet Martineau

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Name: Harriet Martineau

Nationality: English

Date of Birth: Jun 12, 1802

Date of Death: Jun 27, 1876

Profession: Writer

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