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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.

Harriet Martineau

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Deutsche Übersetzung

Die Treue zum Gewissen widerspricht der Zurückhaltung der Bescheidenheit. Wenn es so ist, lass die Bescheidenheit erliegen. Es kann nur eine falsche Bescheidenheit sein, die auf diese Weise gefährdet werden kann.

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