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Page 41
... matter of style a great deal of thought and have taken great pains . I have written few pages that I feel I could not improve and far too many that I have left with dissatisfaction because , try as I would , I could do no better . I ...
... matter of style a great deal of thought and have taken great pains . I have written few pages that I feel I could not improve and far too many that I have left with dissatisfaction because , try as I would , I could do no better . I ...
Page 190
... matter is made worse for them by their friends who with malicious indignation offer them feigned sym- pathy for the outrage they have suffered . Of course there is a lot of humbug about it all . I do not suppose I am the only author who ...
... matter is made worse for them by their friends who with malicious indignation offer them feigned sym- pathy for the outrage they have suffered . Of course there is a lot of humbug about it all . I do not suppose I am the only author who ...
Page 208
... matter . It ran as follows : ' We ought to be glad , when those that are fit for government , and called to it , are willing to take the burden of it upon them ; yea , and to be very thankful to them too , that they will be at the pains ...
... matter . It ran as follows : ' We ought to be glad , when those that are fit for government , and called to it , are willing to take the burden of it upon them ; yea , and to be very thankful to them too , that they will be at the pains ...
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