He possessed an extra vigor, a heightened confidence in himself, a serene capacity for affection which saved… — John Knowles
He possessed an extra vigor, a heightened confidence in himself, a serene capacity for affection which saved him. Nothing as he was growing up at home, nothing at Devon, nothing even about the war had broken his harmonious and natural unity. So at last I had.
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