 In the midst of this chopping sea of civilized life, such are the clouds and storms and quicksands and thousand-and-one items to be allowed for. that a man has to live, if he would not founder and go to the bottom and not make his port at all, by dead...  The Dublin university magazine - Page 608by University magazine - 1877Full view - About this book
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