Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 221
have done itbetter, and about the ant; about how the littleinsects indomitable faith and energy and pluckhad been his shame and his inspiration. But, Father, he ended (and again the doctorlooked startled at the unfamiliar title), nowthat I ve got what I wanted,I find that I cant keep it. Ilove it… … week. Maybe when I ve taken my degree, he 11let me write an occasional article, and that 11do. It was because of Dr. McClearys emotion thathe choked twice before he spoke; and that, whenspeech did come, it came in the terse slang ofthe times. Forget it! he blurted out. Why, you veproved your case…
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