The FountainThe text is a novel set in Holland during the first World War. The main characters are a British officer, a Dutch aristocrat and his British stepdaughter who is married to a German officer. It was a winner of the 1932 Hawthornden Prize. |
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Page 98
... thought . I should admire him as I always admire men , even the dullest , who know their job and keep their noses to the grindstone . And he found himself envying the rebels in life , not only the great rebels whose rebellion was ...
... thought . I should admire him as I always admire men , even the dullest , who know their job and keep their noses to the grindstone . And he found himself envying the rebels in life , not only the great rebels whose rebellion was ...
Page 159
... thought and nothing so enduring . " But only if it leads to action , " Ramsdell answered , “ otherwise it is still - born . " It was the orthodox attack and invited the general answer that all thought had a continuing effect independent ...
... thought and nothing so enduring . " But only if it leads to action , " Ramsdell answered , “ otherwise it is still - born . " It was the orthodox attack and invited the general answer that all thought had a continuing effect independent ...
Page 211
... thought : Not this man or that woman , as they were in life , looks up at me through the grass , but beings who , in their long darkness and silence , have learned to see and hear as they could not on earth . If they are reconciled with ...
... thought : Not this man or that woman , as they were in life , looks up at me through the grass , but beings who , in their long darkness and silence , have learned to see and hear as they could not on earth . If they are reconciled with ...
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