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Far from the Madding Crowd
- It was food for great regret with him; it was also a contretemps which touched into life a latent heat he had experienced in that direction.†
Chpt 1-3 *
- If an emotion possessed him at all, it ruled him; a feeling not mastering him was entirely latent.†
Chpt 16-18
Definition:
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(latent) potentially existing but not presently evident or active