“Would Edith ever be like that, a mere custodian of the past? If she did, he thought, she would be false to the very traditions she tried to preserve. For her forefathers had never been mere guardians of things gone… — Ernest Poole Copy Share Image
“Yes, read about jobs and your hours and wages. Yes, you must strike, you must have better lives. But you must read also about… — Ernest Poole Copy Share Image
Here we grow the flax and grain; here we raise the meat they eat, and the wool to keep them warm; we cut trees… — Ernest Poole Copy Share Image
“Would Edith ever be like that, a mere custodian of the past? If she did, he thought, she would be false to the very… — Ernest Poole Copy Share Image
The trouble with those people is that they think all the best things are made in the cities. It is not so. — Ernest Poole Copy Share Image
“Queer, how a man can neglect his children, as I have done ... when the thing he wants most in life is to see… — Ernest Poole Copy Share Image
“I suppose you know what you're about." "Oh no, I don't," she answered. "I never know what I'm about. If you always do, you… — Ernest Poole Copy Share Image
What kind of crops do they raise in the towns? Only Grand Dukes, Bolsheviks and drunkards! — Ernest Poole Copy Share Image