[Beatrice by H. Rider Haggard]@TWC D-Link bookBeatrice CHAPTER III 7/31
Existence is not worth having unless one is struggling with something and trying to overcome it." "Dear me, what a reposeful prospect," said Geoffrey, aghast.
He had certainly never met such a woman as this before. "Repose is only good when it is earned," went on the fair philosopher, "and in order to fit one to earn some more, otherwise it becomes idleness, and that is misery.
Fancy being idle when one has such a little time to live.
The only thing to do is to work and stifle thought. I suppose that you have a large practice, Mr.Bingham ?" "You should not ask a barrister that question," he answered, laughing; "it is like looking at the pictures which an artist has turned to the wall.
No, to be frank, I have not.
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