Her many loves, unclashing
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Cecília não compreendia essa lata do amor com os outros sentimentos do coração, luta terrível em que quase sempre a paixão vitoriosa subjuga o dever, e a razão. Na sua ingênua simplicidade acreditava que podia ligar perfeitamente a veneração que tinha por seu pai, o respeito que votava à sua mãe, o afeto que sentia por Álvaro, o amor fraternal que consagrava a seu irmão e a Isabel, e a amizade que tinha a Peri.
Cecília did not understand this struggle of love with the other feelings of the heart, a terrible fight in which the victorious passion almost always subdues duty and reason. In her ingenuous simplicity she believed she could perfectly bind together the veneration she had for her father, the respect she paid her mother, the affection she felt for Álvaro, the fraternal love she devoted to her brother and to Isabel, and the friendship she had for Peri.
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