[The Master of Silence by Irving Bacheller]@TWC D-Link bookThe Master of Silence CHAPTER V 8/23
I tell you, sir, the intellectual world has degrees of latitude and longitude which determine every man's location. Emancipated from the forces I have described, my son has risen to a level beyond the attainment of men under ordinary conditions.
Hypocrisy and deceit are things of which he knows nothing.
I do not ascribe to him, mind you, the possession of saintly virtues.
He is a man in whom the best potentialities of mind and body have been developed.
I have carefully avoided the danger of making him a morbid, spiritual creature. His body is quite as wonderful as his mind." My uncle had been pacing restlessly up and down the room as he spoke, often pausing before me and uttering his words vehemently, with quick gestures and flashing eyes.
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