Taken Alive: And Other Stories : with an AutobiographyDodd, Mead,, 1889 - 375 pages |
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... nature of circumstances , this is im- possible , it seems to me in better taste to consider the " author called Roe " in an objective , rather than in a friendly and sub- jective sense . In other words , I shall try to look at him from ...
... nature of circumstances , this is im- possible , it seems to me in better taste to consider the " author called Roe " in an objective , rather than in a friendly and sub- jective sense . In other words , I shall try to look at him from ...
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... Nature's Serial Story , " my father and mother appear , slightly idealized . Towards the close of my first year in Williams College a mis- fortune occurred which threatened to be very serious . Study - ́ ing by defective light injured ...
... Nature's Serial Story , " my father and mother appear , slightly idealized . Towards the close of my first year in Williams College a mis- fortune occurred which threatened to be very serious . Study - ́ ing by defective light injured ...
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... nature that kind of courage which is indifferent to danger ; and life had never offered more attractions than at that time . I have since en- joyed Southern hospitality abundantly , and hope to again , but then its prospect was not ...
... nature that kind of courage which is indifferent to danger ; and life had never offered more attractions than at that time . I have since en- joyed Southern hospitality abundantly , and hope to again , but then its prospect was not ...
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... natural result of any strong assertion of individuality . Certainly , if I had my choice , I would rather write a book interesting to the young and to the common people , whom Lincoln said " God must love , since He made so many of them ...
... natural result of any strong assertion of individuality . Certainly , if I had my choice , I would rather write a book interesting to the young and to the common people , whom Lincoln said " God must love , since He made so many of them ...
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... nature and the realities , and not the following of any school or fashion , has ever seemed the safest guide . I sometimes venture to think I know a little about human nature . My active life brought me in close con- tact with all kinds ...
... nature and the realities , and not the following of any school or fashion , has ever seemed the safest guide . I sometimes venture to think I know a little about human nature . My active life brought me in close con- tact with all kinds ...
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