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It was impossible for Henry to join the crowd of people who produced books which perished with the generation that they pleased. That much he knew. But he was eager that he should not fall into the ranks of the semi-great, the half-clever; and his fear was that his place was in their midst.
He was smarting, besides, under the annoyances of that half-clever fellow Walpole, when Atlee's letter reached him, and though the unlucky Cecil had taken ill and kept his room ever since his arrival, his Excellency had never forgiven him, nor by a word or sign showed any disposition to restore him to favour.
Now's your chance, you know you won't be half-clever if you don't. You can't say I don't put it before you you can't say I ain't kind to you or that I don't play fair. Mind you never say that, you know it WOULD bring me down on you. I know what's proper. I'll take you again, just as I HAVE taken you again and again. And I'm much obliged to you for making up such a face."
Your half-clever ones never do that; they only do enough to prolong the race; they don't win it. That bright relative of ours Cecil is one of those. Give Atlee Walpole's chances, and where would he be? A very faint colour tinged her cheek as she listened, but did not speak. 'That's the real way to put it, continued he, more warmly.
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