The Lord of the Sea by M. P. (Matthew Phipps) Shiel
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once he was shown....
But if Frankl _was_ slow--what then? The oblong of ribbed glass over his flap-table showed a greyness of morning, as he asked himself that thing. In that case--Frankl could be argued with. But if he still refused? Then the question could be gone into as to whether that which is good for forty millions, though apparently bad for Frankl, is not _forty million times_ more just than unjust, goodness being justice; also, as to which had the primary right to England, Frankl or the English. But if he still refused? Suddenly Hogarth giggled--his first laugh in Colmoor. _That_ could be arranged.... For him, Hogarth, the great fact was this: that he saw light. Into that humble cell the rays of Heaven had blazed. After standing motionless a long time, he dropped to his knees, and "O, Thou, Thou", he said.... An hour later, when asked by an orderly if he wished to see doctor |
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