Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907 · Boston, CT : Hall and Locke · leaf 26
and youtakes your choice among them. Many hands areextended, to lead you in different directions. Yourselfalone can elect your favorites. A thousand admoni-tions would not help you to divine what is true andworth while in the printed word, half as well as yourown inward fight. You owe it to your… … VERY Rivermouth boy looks upon thesea as being in some way mixed upwith his destiny. While he is yet ababy lying in his cradle, he hears thedull, far-off boom of the breakers ; whenhe is older, he wanders by the sandyshore, watching the waves that comeplunging up the beach like white-maned…
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