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Memories and Portraits

By: Robert Louis Stevenson

...oject to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cover Design: Jim Manis Copyri... ...will be better to read through from the beginning, rather than dip into at random. A certain thread of meaning binds them. Memories of childhood and y... ...te example were better than precept. Wyo- ming is, after all, more readily accessible to Mr. White than Boston to the English, and the New England sel... ...ghted, for the conduct of sea- men. But as the rock was small, and hard of access, and far from land, the work would be one of years; and my father wa... ... talk, which is the harmoni- ous speech of two or more, is by far the most accessible of pleasures. It costs nothing in money; it is all profit; it co... ...e best of talkers; so perhaps he is with some, not quite with me – proxime accessit, I should say. He sings the praises of the earth and the arts, flo...

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