[The March Family Trilogy by William Dean Howells]@TWC D-Link bookThe March Family Trilogy PART FIFTH 121/236
Well, of course! I don't think business is all in all; but it must have made the old man mad to find that without saying anything, or doing anything to show it, and after seeming to come over to his ground, and really coming, practically, Coonrod was just exactly where he first planted himself, every time." "Yes, people that have convictions are difficult.
Fortunately, they're rare." "Do you think so? It seems to me that everybody's got convictions. Beaton himself, who hasn't a principle to throw at a dog, has got convictions the size of a barn.
They ain't always the same ones, I know, but they're always to the same effect, as far as Beaton's being Number One is concerned.
The old man's got convictions or did have, unless this thing lately has shaken him all up--and he believes that money will do everything.
Colonel Woodburn's got convictions that he wouldn't part with for untold millions.
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