The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 146Atlantic Monthly Company, 1930 - American essays |
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To his American ideas the Embassy seemed to take itself far too casually . Not a single important matter had been mentioned in his hearing , there were no whispered conferences behind closed doors with anxious comings and goings ...
To his American ideas the Embassy seemed to take itself far too casually . Not a single important matter had been mentioned in his hearing , there were no whispered conferences behind closed doors with anxious comings and goings ...
Page 84
Life had rarely seemed to him worth the struggle , and now that he had passed the half century , fulfilled his ten lustrums , why should he struggle longer ? It was not as if anybody cared very much whether he lived or died .
Life had rarely seemed to him worth the struggle , and now that he had passed the half century , fulfilled his ten lustrums , why should he struggle longer ? It was not as if anybody cared very much whether he lived or died .
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But the members of the German Embassy seemed sure that no answer would be forthcoming , and wished to assure themselves that their The Foreign Office had also inquired the day before if the American Embassy at Berlin would look after ...
But the members of the German Embassy seemed sure that no answer would be forthcoming , and wished to assure themselves that their The Foreign Office had also inquired the day before if the American Embassy at Berlin would look after ...
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