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Page 349 - ... rather slow in the up-take. And then one day — or more probably one night— something starts worrying him. Those women who threw their babies in the Ganges as a religious offering. Malay slaves working in salt mines for Chinese masters. People who mutilate themselves. And one night when the Teuton, and the Slav — and even the Latin — is sleeping soundly in his bed, he wakes up and thinks: "'No, but, damn it all! babies in the Ganges! a bit thick!
Page 117 - What it does n't allow for — this attitude I mean, this Querril outlook — is that in all the big things in life one has to act alone.
Page 289 - It was further complicated by their many friends, most of whom were doing war work, and a number of boys who only last summer were playing tennis on their court were now in the trenches, and many would never play again.
Page 246 - It was a diminutive affair, less than a quarter of a mile long, and not more than a hundred yards wide at its widest.
Page 117 - Querril outlook — is that in all the big things in life one has to act alone. In every adventure, in every experience, there comes a moment when one has suddenly to weigh a chance, make a quick decision — and one has to do that — alone.
Page 281 - s that that makes you do things, fool around, and go to war because you 're frightened. It 's your story, and the story of the gay little earth.
Page 105 - For the first time since she had met him, she saw the face of John Capel entirely grave.
Page 8 - There was a scrupulous endeavor to see that, though every one was loved and fussed over exceedingly...