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• he saw it, strange to say, less with the eyes of the lad of sixteen who had gone to the war, than with those of the little boy to whom it had been,
• to bring the forces of enlightenment to bear
• more likely to be misled by the heart than by the head;
• "It's all right," he announced, looking toward his partner. "Our figures accepted—resolution adopted—settlement to-morrow. We are——" The receiver fell upon the table with a crash. Mr. French toppled over, and
• not learn until afterward; indeed, Kirby himself had scarcely appreciated the true situation, and even the senior partner, since he had not been present at the meeting of the trust managers, could not know what had been in their minds.