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A STRANGE CHANCE. 321
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XLIX.—A STEANGE CHAJSTCE. A
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V _ CHAPTER I. On a cloudless morning 1 ...
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I Am But Fading One Draweth From You Nea...
I gave Health and _^ Leisure , Skill to dream and plan ,
Let him make them nobler;—Work for God and man . If I broke your idols ,
Showed you they were dust , Let him turn the Knowledge Into heavenly Trust .
If I brought Temptation , Let sin die away
Into boundless Pity For all hearts that stray . If your list of Errors
Dark and long appears , Let this new-born " Monarch Melt them into Tears .
May you hold this Angel Dearer than the last , —
So I bless his Future While he crowns my Past .
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A Strange Chance. 321
A STRANGE CHANCE . 321
Xlix.—A Steange Chajstce. A
XLIX . —A STEANGE _CHAJSTCE . A
V _ Chapter I. On A Cloudless Morning 1 ...
V CHAPTER I . On a cloudless morning of early September , tlie warm glow of tlie
sunshine tempered by the coolness of the air , a man , who appeared thoroughly susceptible of the exhilarating influence of this pleasant
season of the year , was walking along a street in the outskirts of a small manufacturing town . His figure was tall and large—large
with a heavy structure of bone , not by any superabundance of flesh . In his face , too , there was the same size and
squareness of structure in the cheek and jaw , and the surface of the whole countenance was hard and inflexible , forbidding the capability of any
soft expression . Indeed , there seemed to have been a determination in Nature to case up this modern soul , like one of her ancient
Ganoids , ** leaving only two loopholes in the solid masonry through which its real aspect could be presented to the world . As George
Gilbert , inspired by the brightness of the morning , lifted up his eyes to the great blue vault above him , they were filled with a soft
tenderness of worship , betraying depths of beauty and love which , * Ganoidsfishes whichfrom their remainsseem to have had their
outward structure , entirely of , bone . ,
vox . , vi . z
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Jan. 1, 1861, page 321, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01011861/page/33/
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