[One of Our Conquerors by George Meredith]@TWC D-Link bookOne of Our Conquerors CHAPTER IX 19/24
'No, but you learn discipline; you build.
I say wid you, not Hohenzollerns you build! But you shall look above: Eyes up.
Ire necesse est.
Good, but mount; you come to something. Have ideas.' 'Good, but when do we reach your level ?' 'Sir, I do not say more than that we do not want instruction from foreigners.' 'Pupil to paedagogue indeed.
You have the wreath in Music, in Jurisprudence, Chemistry, Scholarship, Beer, Arms, Manners.' Dr.Schlesien puffed a tempest of tobacco and strode. 'He is chiselling for wit in the Teutonic block,' Colney said, falling back to Fenellan. Fenellan observed: 'You might have credited him with the finished sculpture.' 'They're ahead of us in sticking at the charge of wit.' 'They've a widening of their swallow since Versailles.' 'Manners ?' 'Well, that's a tight cravat for the Teutonic thrapple! But he's off by himself to loosen it.' Victor came on the couple testily.
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