Howards End

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"Tibby had better first wonder what he'll do," retorted Helen; and that topic was resumed, but with acrimony.

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Her action is too capricious, as though the Erinyes selected for punishment only certain men and certain sins.

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Outwardly he was cheerful, reliable, and brave; but within, all had reverted to chaos,

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"But our civilisation is moulded by great impersonal forces" (his voice grew complacent; it always did when he eliminated the personal), "and there always will be rich and poor."

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I'm glad you don't despise the goods of this world.

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The earnest girl brought forward a scheme of "personal supervision and mutual help," the effect of which was to alter poor people until they became exactly like people who were not so poor.

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"Auntie gets more eccentric lately," she said nervously.

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Leonard, though furtive, was untidy, and left it lying about.

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"It has been pretty horrible," said Charles gravely.

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The haughty nephew ... convinced that Germany was appointed by God to govern the world.

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The aim of their debates she implied was Truth.

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To history, to tragedy, to the past, to the future, Mrs. Munt remained equally indifferent;

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They had tried not to go over the precipice, but perhaps the fall was inevitable.

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criticised with admirable lucidity

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he remarked, ominously calm.

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Her husband was lying in a great leather chair in the dining-room, and by his side, holding his hand rather ostentatiously, was Evie.

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not the superficial cynicism that snarls and sneers, but the cynicism that can go with courtesy and tenderness

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There was almost a taint of madness.