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Updated: May 14, 2025
Up in his room, perfectly dark, for the coals in the grate were now sparkless, David was lying on his back, sleeping heavily and bathed in perspiration. Overheated, he had pushed the bed covers off from his throat; he had hollowed the pillow away from his face.
One who had not lost the affections and charm of youth, nor been dulled either by success or disappointment. "From the contagion of the world's slow stain He is secure; and now can never mourn A heart grown old, a head grown grey, in vain Nor when the spirit's self has ceased to burn With sparkless ashes load an unlamented urn." January 16, 1900.
It may be asserted without the slightest fear of contradiction that there are at least fifty engineering firms in this country who could send forth a road locomotive very nearly noiseless, very nearly smokeless, certainly sparkless, capable of running up and down hill on our smooth and capital roads, perfectly under control, not in the least alarming to horses, and able to draw two or more trucks or passenger cars round all their devious windings at a speed at least equal to that of a moderate trot say eight miles an hour.
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