I guess I don't hold with missionaries. I've been in most corners of this globe, and I reckon that the harm they do easily outweighs the good. Stands to reason, don't it, that we can't all have the same religion, same as we can't all have the same shaped nose? So what in thunder is the good of trying to put my nose on to your face, where it won't fit? And it sort of riles me to see these good earnest people labouring and sweating to do to others what they would only describe as damned impertinence if those others tried to ...
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I guess I don't hold with missionaries. I've been in most corners of this globe, and I reckon that the harm they do easily outweighs the good. Stands to reason, don't it, that we can't all have the same religion, same as we can't all have the same shaped nose? So what in thunder is the good of trying to put my nose on to your face, where it won't fit? And it sort of riles me to see these good earnest people labouring and sweating to do to others what they would only describe as damned impertinence if those others tried to do it to them. Yet, as I see it, there's no reason why the others shouldn't. 'Tisn't as if any particular bunch had a complete corner in truth, is it? But there are exceptions, same as to most things. And for the past twenty years whenever I've said I don't hold with missionaries, I've always added a saving clause in my mind. Care to hear what that saving clause is? Right: mine's the same as before. It was just after the Boer War that it happened. I'd come home: got a job of sorts in London. Thought a few years of the quiet life would do me good, and an old uncle of mine wangled me into the office of a pal of his. Funny old thing my boss was, with a stomach like a balloon. And I give you my word that he was the last man in London whom you'd have expected to meet at the Empire on a Saturday night. It was sheer bad luck, though I don't suppose I could have stood that job, anyway, for long. I'd met a pal there, you see, and I suppose we'd started to hit it a bit. Anyway a darned great chucker-out came and intimated that he thought the moment had come when we'd better sample the cool night air of Leicester Square.
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Add this copy of The Saving Clause to cart. $16.69, fair condition, Sold by John C. Newland rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Cheltenham, Glos., UNITED KINGDOM, published 1930 by Hodder & Stoughton.
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Used-Good. Good hardback (no dustjacket) Reprint. Owner's name (dated 1930); red cloth with black lettering; spine faded, with wear to cloth. Good reading copy.
Add this copy of The Saving Clause to cart. $22.50, good condition, Sold by John C. Newland rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Cheltenham, Glos., UNITED KINGDOM, published 1927 by Hodder & Stoughton.
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Used-Good. Good hardback (no dust jacket) Undated, with no edition stated; might be the 1st edition of 1927 as all books by author listed on half-title page verso published before 1927. Blue cloth and black letters and monogram. Very faint ring stain on front board, with some small stains on rear board. Spine a bit browned and worn at head & foot. Owner's name on front free endpaper. A few spots of foxing on page fore-edge but otherwise bright and tidy internally. Binding tight.
Add this copy of The Saving Clause to cart. $28.01, very good condition, Sold by Tom Costin rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Horsham, WEST SUSSEX, UNITED KINGDOM, published by Hodder & Stoughton.
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Very Good. Very good and sound red cloth hardcover with decoration to front board. Spine a trifle sunned. Although undated it is c1927 and either a first or early edition. There are 13 titles listed opposite title page starting with Bulldog Drummond & ending with The Man In Ratcatcher.; 12mo 7"-7½" tall; 318 pages.
