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Number two man, Dave Hedberg lost to Gene Delphino, 3 and 2. Hedberg, a varsity swimming star, is also playing his second season on his present position on the ladder...
...over the hilly, narrow Dedham course, but Richart, who calls him a "top-flight competitor," says he is better in match than in medal play. Main feature of his game is a deadly accuracy from 50 yards on in to the pin. Top man on the ladder for two years, he is working now to groove his long game to a point equalling his finesse with the shorter clubs...
...knew about other people, Gogol knew nothing about himself. After the tremendous success of Dead Souls, he had a vision of "Russia . . . turning upon me eyes full of expectation." He felt a sudden strength, and a longing to "climb that ladder." In his exaltation he began to wonder if his "great task" was not, after all, to save his generation. He took up a sequel to Dead Souls, in which he sought to illumine good as in the first volume he had exposed evil. His feet had left the ground; he could not push the work to completion...
...published a pious and disjointed tirade, his friends turned on him with angry reproaches. Gogol, whose bravado was the thinnest garment of self-loathing, broke and piteously begged forgiveness. "One drop of your pity," was all he asked. Few gave it Gogol lost his grip on the ladder...
...years before his death, he was often without the power of connected thought. One day he burned most of the manuscript of Part II of Dead Souls. Then he refused to eat. On March 4, 1852, at the age of 43, he died of exhaustion, gasping, "Give me a ladder, a ladder...