Excerpt from Granite: A Novel Let us look for the living creature, and define it hereafter. Each biotic portion counts like separate rocks in the wall, and the fraction is greater than the whole, because it becomes the whole at last. You cannot remove a rock without leaving a gap which must be stopped up or the whole is useless. TO one is added the fraction of genius; it is nothing at first, imperceptible, but it is greater than the whole. TO another the fraction of cruelty, to another the fraction Of strength. The ...
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Excerpt from Granite: A Novel Let us look for the living creature, and define it hereafter. Each biotic portion counts like separate rocks in the wall, and the fraction is greater than the whole, because it becomes the whole at last. You cannot remove a rock without leaving a gap which must be stopped up or the whole is useless. TO one is added the fraction of genius; it is nothing at first, imperceptible, but it is greater than the whole. TO another the fraction of cruelty, to another the fraction Of strength. The fraction is dominant. It is of all problems most difficult, but there must be a solution. Perhaps it is written in the granite. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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