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Excerpt from Flotsam and Jetsam: A Yachtsman''s Experiences at Sea and Ashore
A real always alone in the world. Were he not he would not be a real man, as I understand it - that is to say, a distinct entity, not a copy of all other men, but with the prin cipal and important part of him thoroughly belonging to him self. How shall such a one find a mate who shall really be such to him? Pieces of looking-glass indeed he may find, which will according to their quality more or less reproduce the outside of him as they will of any other - they have been quicksilvered to that one end; but a duplicate of himself; nay, or another at all like himself, he may not hope for in man or woman. For his especial character is that he is What he himself and Providence have made him; that he has set up in the chaos with infinite labor and good fortune a little plat form oi his own just broad enough for the sole of his foot. Another cannot stand there with him, though many be above and some perhaps below. If he be the real man, that place is his and his alone he is a separate being and principle, and as such he can have no companion.
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A real always alone in the world. Were he not he would not be a real man, as I understand it - that is to say, a distinct entity, not a copy of all other men, but with the prin cipal and important part of him thoroughly belonging to him self. How shall such a one find a mate who shall really be such to him? Pieces of looking-glass indeed he may find, which will according to their quality more or less reproduce the outside of him as they will of any other - they have been quicksilvered to that one end; but a duplicate of himself; nay, or another at all like himself, he may not hope for in man or woman. For his especial character is that he is What he himself and Providence have made him; that he has set up in the chaos with infinite labor and good fortune a little plat form oi his own just broad enough for the sole of his foot. Another cannot stand there with him, though many be above and some perhaps below. If he be the real man, that place is his and his alone he is a separate being and principle, and as such he can have no companion.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Publisher - Forgotten Books
Language - English
Hardback
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Author
Thomas Gibson Bowles
Published Date -
ISBN - 9780483035492
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm
Page Count - 282
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Author
Thomas Gibson Bowles
Published Date -
ISBN - 9781331450566
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm
Page Count - 284
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