[The Mystery of Metropolisville by Edward Eggleston]@TWC D-Link bookThe Mystery of Metropolisville CHAPTER IX 5/10
She was not intended for it.
Her susceptibilities were too keen, according to him, though Helen Minorkey's susceptibilities were indeed of a very quiet sort.
I believe that Charlton, the sweeping radical, who thought, when thinking on general principles, that every human-creature should live wholly for every other human creature, actually addressed some "Lines to H.M.," through the columns of the _St.Paul Advertiser_ of that day, in which he promulgated the startling doctrine that a Being such as was the aforesaid H.M., could not be expected to come into contact with the hard realities of life.
She must content herself with being the Inspiration of the life of Another, who would work out plans that should inure to the good of man and the honor of the Being, who would inspire and sustain the Toiler.
The poem was considered very fine by H.M., though the thoughts were a little too obscure for the general public and the meter was not very smooth.
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