Meredith, George, 1828-1909 / 2008-07-31 00:00:00
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THE HOUSE ON THE BEACH
By George Meredith
A REALISTIC TALE
CHAPTER I
The experience of great officials who have laid down their dignities
before death, or have had the philosophic mind to review themselves while
still wielding the deputy sceptre, teaches them that in the exercise of
authority over men an eccentric behaviour in trifles has most exposed
them to hostile criticism and gone farthest to jeopardize their
popularity. It is their Achilles' heel; the place where their mother
Nature holds them as she dips them in our waters.
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