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... feelings Thus reasoned men in reputable business offices where he had his entrée as a person who came out East with letters of introduction - and modest letters of credit , too— some years before these coal - outcrops began to crop up ...
... feelings Thus reasoned men in reputable business offices where he had his entrée as a person who came out East with letters of introduction - and modest letters of credit , too— some years before these coal - outcrops began to crop up ...
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... feelings perfectly . No decent feeling was ever scorned by Heyst . But he was incapable of outward cordiality of manner , and he felt acutely his defect . Con- summate politeness is not the right tonic for an emotional collapse . They ...
... feelings perfectly . No decent feeling was ever scorned by Heyst . But he was incapable of outward cordiality of manner , and he felt acutely his defect . Con- summate politeness is not the right tonic for an emotional collapse . They ...
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... feelings Morrison's gratitude insisted on Heyst's partnership in the great discovery . Ultimately we heard that Morrison had gone home through the Suez Canal in order to push the magnifi- cent coal idea personally in London . He parted ...
... feelings Morrison's gratitude insisted on Heyst's partnership in the great discovery . Ultimately we heard that Morrison had gone home through the Suez Canal in order to push the magnifi- cent coal idea personally in London . He parted ...
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... feeling , I think , though of course he had no more polish than the rest of us . We were naturally a hail - fellow - well - met crowd , with standards of our own no worse , I daresay , than other people's ; but polish was not one of ...
... feeling , I think , though of course he had no more polish than the rest of us . We were naturally a hail - fellow - well - met crowd , with standards of our own no worse , I daresay , than other people's ; but polish was not one of ...
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... feelings were , he told us , those of bewildered resignation ; but of course that was no more visible to the others than the emotions of a turtle when it withdraws into its shell . " It seems unreasonable , " he murmured thoughtfully ...
... feelings were , he told us , those of bewildered resignation ; but of course that was no more visible to the others than the emotions of a turtle when it withdraws into its shell . " It seems unreasonable , " he murmured thoughtfully ...
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