I've been one all my life, without knowing it. Let no man call me honest again— I will not have it." "I— well, Mary, I feel a good deal as you do; I certainly do. It seems strange, too, so strange. I never could have believed it— never." A long... Harper's New Monthly Magazine - Page 381900Full view - About this book
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...it's been one everlasting training and training and training in honesty — honesty shielded, from the very cradle, against every possible temptation, and...person who is caught. " I am ashamed to confess it, Mary, but — " " It's no matter, Edward, I was thinking .the same question myself." " I hope so. State... | |
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