Ships That Pass in the Night by Beatrice Harraden
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II. BERNARDINE BEGINS HER BOOK
III. FAILURE AND SUCCESS: A PROLOGUE IV. THE DISAGREEABLE MAN GIVES UP HIS FREEDOM V. THE BUILDING OF THE BRIDGE SHIPS THAT PASS IN THE NIGHT. PART I. CHAPTER I. A NEW-COMER. "YES, indeed," remarked one of the guests at the English table, "yes, indeed, we start life thinking that we shall build a great cathedral, a crowning glory to architecture, and we end by contriving a mud hut!" "I am glad you think so well of human nature," said the Disagreeable Man, suddenly looking up from the newspaper which he always read during meal- time. "I should be more inclined to say that we end by being content to dig a hole, and get into it, like the earth men." A silence followed these words; the English community at that end of the table was struck with astonishment at hearing the Disagreeable Man speak. |
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