Excerpt from My Son I used to think with secret satisfaction that this son of mine resembled my own father, who could not by any stretch of charity or imagination have been regarded as a pious man, and who even in death only managed to look the noble image of stem Adam clay. But he had a strong character and achieving spirit, with his scenes laid mightily in this present world. From the beginning this boy had the same valor of life in his face, not at all like his own father's, whose countenance was so fine and benig nant ...
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Excerpt from My Son I used to think with secret satisfaction that this son of mine resembled my own father, who could not by any stretch of charity or imagination have been regarded as a pious man, and who even in death only managed to look the noble image of stem Adam clay. But he had a strong character and achieving spirit, with his scenes laid mightily in this present world. From the beginning this boy had the same valor of life in his face, not at all like his own father's, whose countenance was so fine and benig nant that one could almost see the wing tracks of angels in the air about his head. 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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