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Updated: May 13, 2025

Arnot to say that he gave so little thought and attention to the wounds and bruises he caused, as to be unaware that any had been made. He had no hair-springs and jewel-tipped machinery in his massive, angular organization, and he acted practically as if the rest of humanity had been cast in the same mold with himself. But Haldane's act touched him at his most vulnerable point.

Edward Payson Roe - A Knight of the Nineteenth Century