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Halcyone

CHAPTER XIII
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I like how your hair is brushed, and how your clothes are cut, and your being nice and clean and outdoor--and long and thin--" and then she whispered--"ever so much better than Mr.Hanbury-Green's thick appearance.

He may be as clever as clever, but he is common and climbing up, and I like best the people who are there!" John Derringham now addressed himself exclusively to his hostess.
"I agree with the point of view of the old Greeks--they were so full of common sense.

Balance and harmony in everything was their aim.

A beautiful body, for instance, should be the correlative of a beautiful soul.

Therefore in general their athletics were not pursued, as are ours, for mere pleasure and sport, and because we like to feel fit.


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