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Maud Wilder Goodwin. Flint: His Faults, His Friendships and His Fortunes
Flint: His Faults, His Friendships and His Fortunes
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I
THE DAY OF SMALL THINGS [Go to Table of Contents]
CHAPTER II
MINGLED YARN [Go to Table of Contents]
CHAPTER III
OLD FRIENDS [Go to Table of Contents]
CHAPTER IV
THE DAVITTS [Go to Table of Contents]
CHAPTER V
[Go to Table of Contents] THE OLD SHOP
CHAPTER VI
THE GLORIOUS FOURTH [Go to Table of Contents]
CHAPTER VII
ON THE BEACH [Go to Table of Contents]
CHAPTER VIII
THE MARY ANN [Go to Table of Contents]
CHAPTER IX
NORA COSTELLO [Go to Table of Contents]
CHAPTER X
FLYING POINT [Go to Table of Contents]
CHAPTER XI
THE POINT OF VIEW [Go to Table of Contents]
CHAPTER XII
"PIPPA PASSES" [Go to Table of Contents]
CHAPTER XIII
A SOLDIER [Go to Table of Contents]
CHAPTER XIV
TWO SOUL-SIDES [Go to Table of Contents]
CHAPTER XV
A BIRTHDAY [Go to Table of Contents]
CHAPTER XVI
YES OR NO [Go to Table of Contents]
CHAPTER XVII
A LITTLE DINNER [Go to Table of Contents]
CHAPTER XVIII
A MAIDEN'S VOW [Go to Table of Contents]
CHAPTER XIX
A SLUM POST [Go to Table of Contents]
CHAPTER XX
THE UNFORESEEN [Go to Table of Contents]
CHAPTER XXI
GOD'S PUPPETS [Go to Table of Contents]
CHAPTER XXII
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Maud Wilder Goodwin
Published by Good Press, 2019
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To tell the truth, he was in a fit of the sulks. I admit that the sulks are not heroic; but Homer permitted them to Achilles, and why should I conceal the fact, unpleasing though it be, about my lesser hero.
Doubtless his ancestor, Jonathan Edwards, would have felt a like discomposure, had his pulpit given way under him in the presence of his congregation; and even that other fiery orator, Patrick The Great, might have lost his balance had his new peach-colored coat split up the back, when he was hurling death and destruction upon tyrants and pleading for liberty or death. To be ridiculous with equanimity is the crowning achievement of philosophy.
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