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    --VT SUCCESS AND FAILURE. 175

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    Mm P Part Ii. Chapter Iii. To Doraarthur...

    left their and Eng it happ land was iness . not He he till could would the not not Mediterranean witness be an . obstacle He had travelled to been their rap traversed happ idl i y ness at , , first and but ,

    the solemn brows of the granite Sphynx looked down upon himas they have looked for centuries , impassible i and that calm , on and the

    look turmoil at them and — ag that itation he drew of the breath weak . human He was p too gmies come to blame either Dora or Arthur- He did less than justice generous to himself , and d

    gave more than due credit to Arthur ' s charming manners an app " aren Yes and t , " sw success he eetness thoug and an ht d ensure to geniality himself love of , " temper I these feel . I are love the Dora qualities more in which one

    comm . hour , than Arthur , busy with his million schemes , could during his the whole earth life ; above but _'what it is all matters rock and it ? stone A mine to outward may contain appearance gold , but few if

    , will care to sound it ; on the other hand , who measures the depth of He the now soil when travelled such more bright slow and ly gay and flowers with more grow deliberation in it ?" . He he embodied

    roused his energies to commence a work in which many soul . precious It is a mournful experiences truth derived that from the harve the strugg st reaped les of on his a p own lain and choice

    which was once a field of battle is more abundant more than after that some reaped great on sorrow other lands has . apparentl So it is y with desolated the hear life t , and let us mind but :

    wait awhile and we shall sow a seed which will yield plenteously in with its due _^ season buried , hopes far more He than resolved if the when soil he had had not finished been made his work rich

    our . to lan return of his to future England life . in He -which felt he stud could and do so active then life . He divided made it a . y

    Not p the active life which , finds its satisfaction in political intrigue , but the active life which works for the good of others , and not for

    personal It ambition the evening . of a burning day in Cairo that he threw down

    was his pen lished after _piitting The book the which last word had grown to the last up day page by . day The and work hour was by

    back hour accomp to during the . state his exile of feeling , had , now with fulfilled which its he commenced work , and as it , he he looked could

    see how the flood of sorrow , which had come nigh to overwhelm _, himhad ebbed till * he stood on firm dry ground . A wreck ,

    perhaps , , as to heart happiness , but with God ' s heaven above him to to do shine His down work upon and , him fulfil , and His with will God . ' s He earth leant around his him brow whereon on his

    hand was not , and of thoug that stoic ht long natur and e which sadly , says but , with " With no bitt brain er s sadness to think . and He work is with

    handsto dowhat matter if the heart lie fallow , man's _, cnen _gredient 6 The , , the onl of affections true , the feast development . may " On come the is that contrary in of as the a , supp whole Wyndham lement being , thoug , not heart as ht , an brain thus in- : ,

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    --Vt Success And Failure. 175

    _--VT SUCCESS AND FAILURE . 175

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  • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), May 1, 1859, page 175, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01051859/page/31/