“when she thought it over afterwards it occurred to her that she ought to have wondered at this, but at the time it all seemed quite natural”

Source: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass

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English writer, logician, Anglican deacon and photographer 1832–1898

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