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Looking Back On The Long-stretched-out Body Of One's Work, It Is Interesting To Mark The Endless Duel Fought Within A Man Between The Emotional And Critical Sides Of His Nature, First One, Then The Other, Getting The Upper Hand, And Too Seldom Fusing Till The Result Has The Mellowness Of Full Achievement. One Can Even Tell The Nature Of One's Readers, By Their Preference For The Work Which Reveals More Of This Side Than Of That.

Matters Change And Morals Change; Men Remain.

Light-heartedness Always Made Soames Suspicious - There Was Generally Some Reason For It.

The Bicycle... Has Been Responsible For More Movement In Manners And Morals Than Anything Since Charles The Second. Under Its Influence, Wholly Or In Part, Have Blossomed Weekends, Strong Nerves, Strong Legs, Strong Language... Equality Of Sex, Good Digestion And Professional Occupation - In Four Words, The Emanicipation Of Women.

The Beginnings And Endings Of All Human Undertakings Are Untidy, The Building Of A House, The Writing Of A Novel, The Demolition Of A Bridge, And, Eminently, The Finish Of A Voyage.