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106 SUCCESS AND FAILURE.
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CHAPTER I. Two men sat together in a sin...
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River Shalt throug ! there come the crowded s a day when city flow thou
Pure Thy wa as ters when gush from 'd , the a limp grassy id rill hill . Andoh ! there surely comes a time
When When , Love sorrow and heal Truth ' d , and shall wrong conquer forgiven Crime , : This Earth shall be the porch to Heaven .
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106 Success And Failure.
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Chapter I. Two Men Sat Together In A Sin...
CHAPTER I . Two sat together in a sinall room in London . They had been
men Mends in childhood , companions at Eton , chums at college . Widelycontrasted in character and prospects , they were nevertheless
destined to be often thrown together in the game of life . On this particular eveningthe youngest of the two was on the
point minister of leaving at a Eng forei land . court He , . had The been elder made was private a student secretary and to a a gn
written success scholar ; a poems both poem , were , novels which authors , , by and admired the . political public The and younger generall pamphlets had y was d written . little The few known with elder discern great had and
little ing critics read , . thoug To Wyndh h highly am Elliott this appreciate was a matter by a of great in - -
difference . He had written for an express purpose , which it seemed to him lie had fulfilled , and he was satisfied . The small been sold of this matter
number of jest b of etween copies him _whicjx and his had Mend Arthur Powys poem . , was a have fulfilled what wished
" It matters little , " said he , "I I . The target maybe invisible to your eyes , but I see that my arrow has reached it . " lied Arthurthat invisible
" I think , my dear fellow , " rep , _"
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), April 1, 1859, page 106, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01041859/page/34/
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