Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 223
re-member that this very defeat was the highroad tovictory. Principal Gardner lived long enough tofind his own quick judgment false and the boy-failure a mighty success. And yet, from the day of his resignation, there were hours, days, and months that spelled utterfailure to Phillips Brooks.… … WHEN THEOF HAND OF PHILLIPS BROOKS GRASPED THE HANDABRAHAM LINCOLN. (SEE PAGE I34.) to know he was a disappointment to his parents,to his five brothers, to every one who loved himbest. Bitterest of all, he was a cruel disappoint-ment to himself. Could it be that the life whichlay before him, full…
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