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...amuses himself by taking short trips on the different boats. I ask an elderly gentleman if this is so. He looks fixedly at me and replies, "Do you mean the pilot?" I do not understand what he is talking about, and walk away. He is probably very deaf and thought I said something else. The captain comes down from the bridge. Wishing to display my knowledge of English railroads, I ask him if we shall reach Liverpool in time to catch the three o'clock train for London.* He looks at his watch critically, and replies, "I am afraid...
...than the others, and to be the most likely to repay further serious study. This is all that we, at least, attempt. Care must be taken here, as always in studying works of art, to distinguish between excellences or defects of execution, - the language of art, - and those of thought and feeling which the language clothes. The former requires not only vast knowledge of technicalities, but also of the aspects of nature; and as this knowledge is possessed by comparatively few, few can rightly judge of execution. The thought and feeling expressed in art, however, are common to mankind...
...thought they would not matters mince...
...always thought so," was the demure response...
...wanted to tell you, now I hope we shall see you often? You know, I am engaged to Willie Symperson, and he lives only next door to you. It will be so pleasant to be such near neighbors, won't it? It is only from to-day, but we thought it best to have it out immediately...