A stepson of fortune : the memories, confessions and opinions

Henry Murray

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A STEPSON OF FORTUNE — OFSTEPSONA FORTUNE CONFESSIONS, AND OPINIONSTHE MEMORIES, OF HENRY MURRAY " gather, I garlandAll, the plain saw me the weeds."The flowers and Browning. LONDON HALL, Ltd.CHAPMAN & 1909 95S. A S rhato. Fry.EU'tott-ami HENRY MURRAY. 9s TO MY WIFE— IN FAME, MEA TABERNA, IN NOCTE, MEA LUCERNA, RECTA ME SEMPER GUBERNA— I DEDICATE THIS IMPERFECT RECORD OF A MOST LIFE London : March, igog. 250373 FORTUNEA STEPSON OF Hawthorne prefaced one of his earlierNathaniel the statement that it was the work ofvolumes by America. I willobscurest man of letters inthe that it is the workpreface this volume by saying scribbler—regarded merely as aof the unluckiest on which the all-beholding eye of dayscribbler— statement thishas ever looked. That is the one which I will suffer no challenge.book will contain to onis my one point ofpride perhaps, of vanity—It — thewhich I would quarrel with my dearest friend or will to no goodwife ofmybosom. You and I come other's society unless that fact is acceptedof each as fact.a tell us thatMany quite intelligent people will is no such factor luck in human affairs,there as and a scientist of very distinguished ability, Lord book to prove thatAvebury, once wrote a whole belief correct one. I have not read the book,the but I am quite certain that his lordship might have put his ink to better uses.

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• Publié par: les_archives_du_savoir
• Nombre de lectures: 9
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 11 Mo

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A STEPSON OF FORTUNE—
OFSTEPSONA
FORTUNE
CONFESSIONS, AND OPINIONSTHE MEMORIES,
OF
HENRY MURRAY
" gather, I garlandAll, the plain saw me
the weeds."The flowers and
Browning.
LONDON
HALL, Ltd.CHAPMAN &
190995S.
A
S