large/9146/moorland_cottage_1404_librivox_64kb_mp3/moorland_cottage_05_gaskell_64kb_25
large/9146/moorland_cottage_1404_librivox_64kb_mp3/moorland_cottage_05_gaskell_64kb
English
9146
The girls were sitting over the drawing room fire, with unlighted candles on the table, talking, he felt, about his mother; but when he came in they rose, and changed their tone. Erminia went to the piano, and sang her newest and choicest French airs. THE GIRLS WERE SITTING OVER THE DRAWING ROOM FIRE WITH UNLIGHTED CANDLES ON THE TABLE TALKING HE FELT ABOUT HIS MOTHER BUT WHEN HE CAME IN THEY ROSE AND CHANGED THEIR TONE EMILIA WENT TO THE PIANO AND SANG HER NEWEST AND CHOICEST FRENCH AIRS
f the world, and the world's ways. But he was doing all in his power to repel one who had never been much attracted toward him. Worldly success was his standard of merit. The end seemed with him to justify the means; if a man prospered, it was not necessary to scrutinize his conduct too closely. The law was viewed in its lowest aspect; and yet with a certain cleverness, which preserved Edward from being intellectually contemptible. Frank had entertained some idea of studying for a barrister himself: not so much as a means of livelihood as to gain some idea of the code which makes and shows a nation's conscience: but Edward's details of the ways in which the letter so often baffles the spirit, made him recoil. With some anger against himself, for viewing the profession with disgust, because it was degraded by those who embraced it, instead of looking upon it as what might be ennobled and purified into a vast intelligence by high and pure-minded men, he got up abruptly and left the room.  KNOWLEDGE OF THE WORLD AND THE WORLD'S WAYS BUT HE WAS DOING ALL IN HIS POWER TO REPEL ONE WHO HAD NEVER BEEN MUCH ATTRACTED TOWARD HIM WORLDLY SUCCESS WAS HIS STANDARD OF MERIT THE END SEEMED WITH HIM TO JUSTIFY THE MEANS IF A MAN PROSPERED IT WAS NOT DEEMED NECESSARY TO SCRUTINIZE HIS CONDUCT TOO CLOSELY THE LAW WAS VIEWED IN ITS LOWEST ASPECT AND YET WITH A CERTAIN CLEVERNESS WHICH PRESERVED EDWARD FROM BEING INTELLECTUALLY CONTEMPTIBLE FRANK HAD ENTERTAINED SOME IDEA OF STUDYING FOR A BARRISTER HIMSELF NOT SO MUCH AS A MEANS OF LIVELIHOOD AS TO GAIN SOME IDEA OF THE CODE WHICH MAKES AND SHOWS A NATION'S CONSCIENCE BUT EDWARD'S DETAILS OF THE WAYS IN WHICH THE LETTER SO OFTEN BAFFLES THE SPIRIT MADE HIM RECOIL WITH SOME ANGER AGAINST HIMSELF FOR VIEWING THE PROFESSION WITH DISGUST BECAUSE IT WAS DEGRADED BY THOSE WHO EMBRACED IT INSTEAD OF LOOKING UPON IT AS WHAT MIGHT BE ENNOBLED AND PURIFIED INTO A VAST INTELLIGENCE BY HIGH AND PURE MINDED MEN HE GOT UP ABRUPTLY AND LEFT THE ROOM
large/9146/moorland_cottage_1404_librivox_64kb_mp3/moorland_cottage_05_gaskell_64kb
file
download/librilight/large/9146/moorland_cottage_1404_librivox_64kb_mp3/moorland_cottage_05_gaskell_64kb.flac