It will not suffice to be an amateur invalid.

To my way of thinking, the perfect practitioner must be to all outward purposes already dead if he is to begin the perfect enjoyment of life.

His serenity must not be disturbed by rumors of recovery; he must lie serene in his long chair in the sunshine.

The world must be on the other side of the wall, and the wall must be so thick and so high that he cannot hear the roaring of the furnace fires and the screaming of the whistles.

Peace-- Having read so far as the word "peace," Bibbs suffered an interruption interesting as a coincidence of contrast.