The Spiral RoadNovel relating the present and past of a group of men and women, doctors and missionaries, working in the jungles of Borneo. |
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Page 204
... became a professors ' pet , a wonder boy , and what was worse , I took it to be my intelligence . I became assistant to a fashionable surgeon , Weerman ; I don't know whether you've ever heard of him ; and then I got into trouble . For ...
... became a professors ' pet , a wonder boy , and what was worse , I took it to be my intelligence . I became assistant to a fashionable surgeon , Weerman ; I don't know whether you've ever heard of him ; and then I got into trouble . For ...
Page 431
... became more and more independent , and the conflict between the two tendencies within him became more vio- lent every day . He knew that he would be saved if only he could take that independence , that white armor of purity right inside ...
... became more and more independent , and the conflict between the two tendencies within him became more vio- lent every day . He knew that he would be saved if only he could take that independence , that white armor of purity right inside ...
Page 448
... became concerned that God should feel kindly disposed toward him . But the game soon lost its attraction , for every time the dice clattered and rolled the wilderness seemed to profit from those small noises by creeping a step nearer ...
... became concerned that God should feel kindly disposed toward him . But the game soon lost its attraction , for every time the dice clattered and rolled the wilderness seemed to profit from those small noises by creeping a step nearer ...
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