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Hodge and His Masters

CHAPTER XI
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Archaeologists, geologists, and other men of science come from afar to see these things and to carry away their lessons.

The memories of the place are cherished.
There was a famous poet who sang in the woods about the park; his hermitage remains, and nothing is lost that was his.

Art-treasures there are, too, heirlooms to be seen behind those vast walls by any who will be at the trouble of asking.
Such is the policy of Hodge's own prince, whose silent influence is felt in every household for miles about, and felt, as all must admit, however prejudiced against the system, in this case for good.

His influence reaches far beyond the bounds even of that immense property.

The example communicates itself to others, and half the county responds to that pleasant impulse.


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