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A Hoosier Chronicle

CHAPTER XVII
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The seniors over there have stopped singing; I dare say they're talking about life in large capital letters." "Well, there are plenty of chances.

I'm rather of the opinion that we're all here to do something for somebody.

Nobody's life is just his own.
Whether we want it that way or not, we are all links in the chain, and it's our business not to be the weakest." "I'm an individualist," he said, "and I'm very largely concerned in seeing what Daniel Harwood, a poor young lawyer of mediocre abilities, can do with this thing we hear mentioned as life." "Oh, but there's no such thing as an individualist; the idea is purely academic!" and she laughed again, but less lightly.

"We're all debtors to somebody or something--to the world itself, for example." "For the stars up there, for grass and trees, for the moon by night and the sun by day--for the gracious gift of friends ?" "A little, yes; but they don't count so much.

I owe my debt to people--real human beings, who may not be as lucky as I.For a good many thousand years people have been at work trying to cheer up the world--brighten it and make it a better place to live in.


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