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THE FAILURE OF CONDESCENSION

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 August 2005

Daniel Siegel
Daniel Siegel
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University of Alabama
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HOW DID IT COME TO THIS? How did the precious coin of the sovereign become the twaddle of misguided preachers? Where did condescension go wrong?

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Victorian Literature and Culture , Volume 33 , Issue 2 , September 2005 , pp. 395 - 414
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© 2005 Cambridge University Press

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