‘Disinterestedness ’

“My dear Jane!” exclaimed Elizabeth, “you are too good. Your sweetness and disinterestedness are really angelic; I do not know what to say to you. I feel as if I had never done you justice, or loved you as you deserve.”

— Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen), Loc. 1843–5

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