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... Society - Sweet Simplicity Little Actions — Anxiety — Distrust— Broken Friendships — A Boy's Confidence - Credulity - True Faith - Misery of Doubt 295 CHAPTER XXIV . THE GOOD NEWS . Clergymen - Dreadful xiv CONTENTS .
... Society - Sweet Simplicity Little Actions — Anxiety — Distrust— Broken Friendships — A Boy's Confidence - Credulity - True Faith - Misery of Doubt 295 CHAPTER XXIV . THE GOOD NEWS . Clergymen - Dreadful xiv CONTENTS .
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... boys that are to succeed him will overthrow all that he has built up ; ' the mice will play when the cat's away ; ' there will be quite a hole in the world when he falls through . But time should gently wean us of all that it should ...
... boys that are to succeed him will overthrow all that he has built up ; ' the mice will play when the cat's away ; ' there will be quite a hole in the world when he falls through . But time should gently wean us of all that it should ...
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... will dispute that there is an ' I ; ' even very modest persons find that out , although late in life . When a boy , with a sad home and a severe father , who , as most fathers do , probably with an idea that 20 A MAN'S THOUGHTS .
... will dispute that there is an ' I ; ' even very modest persons find that out , although late in life . When a boy , with a sad home and a severe father , who , as most fathers do , probably with an idea that 20 A MAN'S THOUGHTS .
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... boy settled it ; and , much applauded , the thought burst upon him , ' And so I am not a blockhead after all . ' So the Italian artist asserted his personality by the exclamation , ' And I , too , am a painter ! ' It is astonishing how ...
... boy settled it ; and , much applauded , the thought burst upon him , ' And so I am not a blockhead after all . ' So the Italian artist asserted his personality by the exclamation , ' And I , too , am a painter ! ' It is astonishing how ...
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... boy each one is a sacred and beautiful thing , full of generosity and self - sacrifice , existing as his mother , only to comfort him in sickness and to dower him with love ; as his sister , only to shield and to aid him , to cover his ...
... boy each one is a sacred and beautiful thing , full of generosity and self - sacrifice , existing as his mother , only to comfort him in sickness and to dower him with love ; as his sister , only to shield and to aid him , to cover his ...
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