 It is by some such only half-rational process that the most important questions of life are usually decided — sometimes luckily; in other cases, to the blighting of the whole life. Is it not rather a poor fist of a world after all, this in which we...  The Graysons: A Story of Illinois - Page 94by Edward Eggleston - 1887 - 362 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Josiah Gilbert Holland, Richard Watson Gilder - American literature - 1888 - 990 pages
...the conflict. It is by some such only half-rational process that the most important questions of life are usually decided — sometimes luckily; in other...his mortifying resolves. The abandonment of them had simplified his feelings and brought him present relief. When he knocked on the jamb of the open front... | |
 | Edward Eggleston - 1887 - 404 pages
...she had to go on the road leading to the Graysons'. But he went another way to Pearson's, where he was boarding out the proportion due for three pupils....his mortifying resolves. The abandonment of them had simplified his feelings and brought him present relief. When he knocked on the jamb of the open front... | |
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