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He lived then before me, he lived as much as he had ever lived---a shadow insatiable of splendid appearances, of frightful realities, a shadow darker ...more

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As to honor - you know - it's a very fine mediaeval inheritance which women never got hold of. It wasn't theirs.

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Truth of a modest sort I can promise you, and also sincerity. That complete, praiseworthy sincerity which, while it delivers one into the hands of one...more

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This mournful and restless sound was a fit accompaniment to my meditations.