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Fathers Of Men (1912). By: E. W. Hornung: Novel (World'S Classic'S)
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Fathers Of Men (1912) By: E. W. Hornung
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9781542980944
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9781542980944
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Fathers Of Men (1912) By: E. W. Hornung
$18.89
A boarding school tale which Hornung considered his finest work. Jan Rutter, a stable boy, is admitted to a public school, wrong accent and all. Unknown to him, Heriot, the house master, knows the secret which Rutter is desperate to keep, half-inclined as he is to run away. Their first meeting leaves Heriot and his sister in a quiet discussion. "But you admit the public school is a crucible," she argued. "And what's a crucible but a melting-pot?" " A melting-pot for characteristics, but not for character!" he cried. "Take the two boys upstairs: in four or five years one will have more to say for himself, I hope, and the other will leave more unsaid; but the self that each expresses will be the same self, even though we have turned a first-rate groom into a second-rate gentleman. 'The Child, ' remember, and not the school, 'is father of the Ma
| Author: E. W. Hornung |
| Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform |
| Publication Date: Feb 07, 2017 |
| Number of Pages: 370 pages |
| Language: English |
| Binding: Paperback |
| ISBN-10: 1542980941 |
| ISBN-13: 9781542980944 |
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