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A. Joyless youth, scanty nourishment, absence from the paternal home. Q. Where did you complete your studies in town or in the country? A. In town. Q. How many hours a day do you devote to mental work? A. Very different. Q. Do you attribute to any particular habit of your life a favorable influence upon your health? A. Moderation in all habits of life. In all weathers exercise in the open air.
This I promise that whatever goes on in my soul, all that is untouched by the outer world, shall be secretly and faithfully revealed to him who takes such loving interest in me and whose all-embracing power assures abundant, fruitful nourishment to the budding germs within my breast! Without faith the lot of the soul is hard; its growth is slow and meagre like that of a hot-plant between rocks.
Geoffrey, here's a cup o' beef tea as I've prepared with my own hand " "But where's " "She's gone t' bed. Here's a cup o' beef tea as is stiff with nourishment, so get it into your system good an' quick." "Gone to bed " "She says it's a headache, o' course drink it down while it's hot but I reckon it's more 'n a headache yes, sir. A while back I says t' you 'woo her, I says, Mr. Geoffrey.
So Happiness must be a kind of Contemplative Speculation; but since it is Man we are speaking of he will need likewise External Prosperity, because his Nature is not by itself sufficient for Speculation, but there must be health of body, and nourishment, and tendance of all kinds.
"I call it darned low darned low " he broke in at intervals. "Of course I go round more now," she concluded. "I mean to see my friends I don't care what he says." "What CAN he say?" "Oh, he despises Americans they all do." "Well, I guess we can still sit up and take nourishment." They laughed and slipped back to talking of earlier things.
What a beautiful dream! But to realize it we must first buy the cow! How much would a cow cost? I had not the slightest idea; a great deal probably, but still.... I did not want a very big cow. Because the fatter the cow the higher the price, and then the bigger the cow the more nourishment it would require, and I did not want my present to be a source of inconvenience to Mother Barberin.
It found, to its sorrow, that it was not made for the air, and that the once despised earth from which it drew its nourishment was its true parent and source of life. Out of respect to its former protection and beauty, its owner had its wood made into handsome ornaments and seats for the garden to keep its memory alive in the minds of the children.
Presently it occurred to him that he was a sea lion and he forgot the fish and lay down and tried to swim by wriggling his feet in the water as though they were a tail. The hardships, the privations, the terrors, and for the past few weeks the lack of proper nourishment had reduced Erich Obergatz to little more than a gibbering idiot.
The giver of the warning is a box-maker, to whom I am about to sell this cursed chest that I wish never again to see in my house, and for this one he will sell me two pretty little ones, in which there will not be space enough even for a child; thus the scandal and the babble of those envious of your virtue will be extinguished for want of nourishment."
During the following days, while the sense of spring and warmth slowly gave life to those who could breathe the air on deck, Conyngham lay in his little cabin and heeded nothing; for when the fever left him he was only conscious of a great lassitude, and scarce could raise himself to take such nourishment as the steward, with a rough but kindly skill, prepared for him.
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