Pebbles on the shore [by] Alpha of the plough

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A. G. Gardiner. Pebbles on the shore [by] Alpha of the plough

Pebbles on the shore [by] Alpha of the plough

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ON CHOOSING A NAME ON LETTER-WRITING ON READING IN BED ON CATS AND DOGS "W.G." ON SEEING VISIONS ON BLACK SHEEP THE VILLAGE AND THE WAR ON RUMOUR ON UMBRELLA MORALS ON TALKING TO ONE'S SELF ON BOSWELL AND HIS MIRACLE ON SEEING OURSELVES ON THE ENGLISH SPIRIT ON FALLING IN LOVE ON A BIT OF SEAWEED ON LIVING AGAIN TU-WHIT, TU-WHOO! ON POINTS OF VIEW ON BEER AND PORCELAIN ON A CASE OF CONSCIENCE ON THE GUINEA STAMP ON THE DISLIKE OF LAWYERS ON THE CHEERFULNESS OF THE BLIND ON TAXING VANITY ON THOUGHTS AT FIFTY THE ONE-EYED CAT ON THE PHILOSOPHY OF HATS ON SEEING LONDON ON CATCHING THE TRAIN IN PRAISE OF CHESS ON THE DOWNS ON SHORT LEGS AND LONG LEGS ON A PAINTED FACE ON WRITING AN ARTICLE ON A CITY THAT WAS ON PLEASANT SOUNDS ON SLACKENING THE BOW ON THE INTELLIGENT GOLF BALL ON A PRISONER OF WAR ON THE WORLD WE LIVE IN "I'M TELLING YOU" ON COURAGE ON SPENDTHRIFTS ON A TOP HAT ON LOSING ONE'S MEMORY ON WEARING A FUR-LINED COAT IN PRAISE OF WALKING ON REWARDS AND RICHES ON TASTE ON A HAWTHORN HEDGE. PEBBLES ON THE SHORE

ON CHOOSING A NAME

ON LETTER-WRITING

ON READING IN BED

ON CATS AND DOGS

"W.G."

ON SEEING VISIONS

ON BLACK SHEEP

THE VILLAGE AND THE WAR

ON RUMOUR

ON UMBRELLA MORALS

ON TALKING TO ONE'S SELF

ON BOSWELL AND HIS MIRACLE

ON SEEING OURSELVES

ON THE ENGLISH SPIRIT

ON FALLING IN LOVE

ON A BIT OF SEAWEED

ON LIVING AGAIN

TU-WHIT, TU-WHOO!

ON POINTS OF VIEW

ON BEER AND PORCELAIN

ON A CASE OF CONSCIENCE

ON THE GUINEA STAMP

A FINE STORY BY A PEER

THE DUKE OF CONNAUGHT IN NEW YORK

ON THE DISLIKE OF LAWYERS

ON THE CHEERFULNESS OF THE BLIND

ON TAXING VANITY

ON THOUGHTS AT FIFTY

THE ONE-EYED CAT

ON THE PHILOSOPHY OF HATS

ON SEEING LONDON

ON CATCHING THE TRAIN

IN PRAISE OF CHESS

ON THE DOWNS

ON SHORT LEGS AND LONG LEGS

ON A PAINTED FACE

ON WRITING AN ARTICLE

ON A CITY THAT WAS

ON PLEASANT SOUNDS

ON SLACKENING THE BOW

ON THE INTELLIGENT GOLF BALL

ON A PRISONER OF WAR

ON THE WORLD WE LIVE IN

"I'M TELLING YOU"

ON COURAGE

ON SPENDTHRIFTS

ON A TOP-HAT

ON LOSING ONE'S MEMORY

ON WEARING A FUR-LINED COAT

IN PRAISE OF WALKING

ON REWARDS AND RICHES

ON TASTE

ON A HAWTHORN HEDGE

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A. G. Gardiner

Published by Good Press, 2019

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And so long as men can feel and think, the quest will go on. We could not cease that quest if we would, and we would not if we could, for without it all the meaning would have gone out of life and we should be no more than the cattle in the fields. Nor is the quest in vain. We follow this trail and that, catch at this hint of a meaning and that gleam of vision, and though we find this path ends in a cul-de-sac, and that brings us back to the place from whence we started, we are learning all the time about the mysteries of our wilderness. And one day, perhaps—suddenly, it may be, as that vision of the great white mountains of the Oberland breaks upon the sight of the traveller—we shall see whither the long adventure leads. "Say not the struggle naught availeth," said a poet who was not given to cultivating illusions. And he went on:—

For while the tired waves, vainly breaking.

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