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A Story Teller's Holiday

George Moore MD

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Description:Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: face became overcast, and after a pause he said: may I ask, sir, why you're sure we shall have a fine crossing? Because I am I, an alarm-provoking remark that I sought to quieten later, saying that having crossed the Irish Sea so many times without seeing anything like a wave I had come to regard the Irish Sea as waveless. Elsewhere there are waves, no doubt; we read of waves in the newspapers and in books, and my friends have spoken to me about waves, but so far as my own experience goes waves do not exist. And after all, I added, one must be guided by one's own experience rather than by what one reads and hears; isn't that so? My fellow-traveller looked at me inquiringly, and as if dissatisfied with his examination of my face returned to his newspaper. But soon after I began to notice that he was watching me again over the rims of his spectacles, and like one who is unable to conquer his curiosity he said: I believe you when you say that the Irish Sea is always calm when you cross it, and that yon have crossed it some hundreds of times, but will you tell me what conclusion yon draw from the uninterrupted good luck which has attended you? I answered that I submitted the facts to him and that it was for him to draw conclusions, and he asked me if he would have my approval if he concluded from the facts before him that the sea did not wish to destroy me. On the contrary, I answered. The sea is kind to those whom it has selected to destroy. My life will end in the sea, but not necessarily in the Irish Sea. It is a relief, however, in a way to know what one's end will be. Have you never received tidings? My fellow-traveller returned to his newspaper and it was some time before he made another remark. Yon believe then, sir, that life and death is determined at birth and that non...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with A Story Teller's Holiday. To get started finding A Story Teller's Holiday, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: face became overcast, and after a pause he said: may I ask, sir, why you're sure we shall have a fine crossing? Because I am I, an alarm-provoking remark that I sought to quieten later, saying that having crossed the Irish Sea so many times without seeing anything like a wave I had come to regard the Irish Sea as waveless. Elsewhere there are waves, no doubt; we read of waves in the newspapers and in books, and my friends have spoken to me about waves, but so far as my own experience goes waves do not exist. And after all, I added, one must be guided by one's own experience rather than by what one reads and hears; isn't that so? My fellow-traveller looked at me inquiringly, and as if dissatisfied with his examination of my face returned to his newspaper. But soon after I began to notice that he was watching me again over the rims of his spectacles, and like one who is unable to conquer his curiosity he said: I believe you when you say that the Irish Sea is always calm when you cross it, and that yon have crossed it some hundreds of times, but will you tell me what conclusion yon draw from the uninterrupted good luck which has attended you? I answered that I submitted the facts to him and that it was for him to draw conclusions, and he asked me if he would have my approval if he concluded from the facts before him that the sea did not wish to destroy me. On the contrary, I answered. The sea is kind to those whom it has selected to destroy. My life will end in the sea, but not necessarily in the Irish Sea. It is a relief, however, in a way to know what one's end will be. Have you never received tidings? My fellow-traveller returned to his newspaper and it was some time before he made another remark. Yon believe then, sir, that life and death is determined at birth and that non...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with A Story Teller's Holiday. To get started finding A Story Teller's Holiday, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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