Both Uses of
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Far from the Madding Crowd
- That stillness, which struck casual observers more than anything else in his character and habit, and seemed so precisely like the rest of inanition, may have been the perfect balance of enormous antagonistic forces—positives and negatives in fine adjustment.†
Chpt 16-18
- To set against this negative gain there may have been some positive losses from a certain narrowing of the higher tastes and sensations which it entailed.†
Chpt 25-27 *
Definition:
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(negative as in: had a negative effect) bad or harmful