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Аноним25 октября 2022 г.Heisler was a good father. He held to his vow to devote one hour a day to his daughter, and during that time gave of his intelligence as eagerly and earnestly as he did to his business in the other hours. Often he talked to Margaretta as though she were his equal, an adult with full mental development.
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Confound
- cause surprise or confusion in (someone), especially by not according with their expectations.
"the inflation figure confounded economic a- mix up (something) with something else.
"he was forever confounding managerialism with idealism"26 - Аноним25 октября 2022 г.
“But she is happy!"
"Yes, if laughter is an index. But will she be as she grows older? She will be different. How can she have associates? Of course they won't apply that extermination law in her case; my position will prevent that. I could even have it repealed. Butshe will be lonely—so lonely!”27 - Аноним25 октября 2022 г.
She is your daughter. Her will is your will. The probability is that neither can change the other.
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The automobilists had ceased to work, using the term in its purely archaic form, and having ceased to work, they had ceased to sweat. A few hours a day on a chair in a factory or at a desk was sufficient to earn the necessaries of life. The automobilist never being tired, nature demanded a lesser number of hours spent in sleep. The remaining hours were spent in automobiles, going somewhere: it mattered not where they went so long as they went fast.
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It was not revenge they desired, but liberty—the right to live as they wished, to go and come as they pleased.
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Acme — the point at which something is at its best or most highly developed.
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