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SUCCESS AND FAILURE. 179
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Mm P Part Ii. Chapter Iii. To Doraarthur...
Mm altered . His face , though still handsome , had lost much , of its charm . The forehead seemed more contracted , the mouth more
sensual , and that defect which is always visible in the countenances of _x _^ ersons who are insincerea want of directness in the glance ,
, and an absence of space about the eyes , had become exaggerated . Besides this , though in his dress and appointments there was a
certain conventional distinction of appearance , it was marred by that stamp which is an unfailing testimony to laxity of principle and
self-indulgent habits in its bearer , the look which only dissipated anen have .
Wyndham felt instinctively that a gulf had been opened between him and his former friend .
" And what are you doing ? Are you still dreaming away life , Wyndham ?"
" What you would call dreaming ?" * ' Have written nothin ?"
" Yes , the you speculations which g have always interested me , have heen confirmed in my travels , and I have condensed the result into
a volume which I shall publish immediately . " " And do mean to saythat besides that you have done
no nothing activity since , no you we sp parted irit , no two ambition years , ago ? . I never Good knew heavens a ! man have who you
possessed so little of the true Anglo-Saxon spirit—a wish to rise . " " We think so differently on the subject it seems useless to
discuss it . I have no ambition certainly , if you mean that I would make any exertion whatever to be richer at the end of the year , to
be noticed by the world , or to obtain a place in it ; there is no sacrifice , on the other hand , I would grudge , if I could really help
on the great cause of civilization and truth , if at my death I could Suppose leave I should Eng I get land were into one onl arliament y grain to look ' s worth for become present rich a er popular profit in the ; element after debater years , of que progress of sais effort Je . ,
a minister , a peer p , and Having , in the struggle lost all which would ive successsatisfactionfor nothing is more deteriorating than
g than effort before for selfish ? , More purposes practised , , should in intellectual I at the end effort of the s I time grant be , happ but not ier
more enlarged in heart and mind . Is not the purpose of our creation our own improvement and development in goodness ? Would
you have me lose the vantage ground I stand on for my future life , bhaving patientland unselfishly worked for no vain applause
having or y mercenary , at the reward expense y , but of health for my , conscience peace , and and moral my rectitude God , rather , won than the
right to wear , for a few years of suffering old age , the robes of a peer . Happiness is the healthiest moral atmosphere . Is it best
secured in these struggles for personal aggrandisement ? After all , strive to become richerto be more famousor to win a ti _£ Le ;
not you represent that wealth in your , fame mind , or certain titles , are _conditions per se of value of happ , , but iness because . I do they not ;
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Success And Failure. 179
SUCCESS AND FAILURE . 179
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), May 1, 1859, page 179, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01051859/page/35/
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