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He has dedicated himself to the service ofthe Divine. But Miss Mitfordsfather
was kept in a cupboard; that is to say, he was not a nicefather.
The Archbishop
made it his special charge.
But meanwhile far moreserious matters claimed every
ounce of his strength.
The newspaper crocusis an amazing but still a very
different plant.
He has dedicated himself to the service ofthe Divine. I am
afraid, her letter ended, we shouldhardly be able to offer you anything of that
sort.
But it is now of no avail; Miss Mitford has smashed it tosmithereens.
The
cage was full of charming diversions. It is worse, he will say, and perhaps
morecommon, to be afraid of feeling than to feel too much.
IVARCHBISHOP
THOMSONThe origin of Archbishop Thomson was obscure. IVARCHBISHOP THOMSONThe
origin of Archbishop Thomson was obscure. But I have neverdistributed religious
tracts.
I have gone through a good deal, but I do notrepent of having done my
best. The highest wisdomis that which can enforce and cultivate this
self-renunciation.
But there are other qualities which ourspecial weaknesses
and tendencies demand in him. The twentieth-centurypatron must be immune from
shock. But Bentley did not wait for this act of submission to finish
hisstaircase. Notwithstanding which you think me a fit person to beyour
president.
In plainEnglish, Miss Mitford had a father. What can we point out to
Lady Dorothy Nevill? There we shall find much that is odd and little that is
reassuring. What has become of our superlatively goodman? A touch of the sun
would have done them a world ofgood. But all the time the door of the cage was
ajar.
There is a drawing of the teapot at the bottom of thepage. There was a
law of nature, he said, by whichwages went up and wages went
down.
Notwithstanding which you think me a fit person to beyour president.
Plausible as the theory sounds, great risks are attached toit. Nowadays, too,
he must be instructed in the literature ofother times and races.
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