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apparition in The Crooked Stick

hiefly to similar social laws, strongly marked varieties of the race have from time to time arisen. These phenomenal personages have differed from their compeers in a ratio of divergence altogether incomprehensible to the ordinary intelligence. Whence originating, the fact remains that each generat…

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2,782
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Undated
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Project Gutenberg
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Record ID
2782
Source
Project Gutenberg
Publication
The Crooked Stick; Rolf Boldrewood
Published
public-domain Australian fiction; Project Gutenberg transcription
Narrative type
Retellings and Adaptations
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apparition
Archive period
Undated
Location
Australia (Australia): B
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hiefly to similar social laws, strongly marked varieties of the race have from time to time arisen. These phenomenal personages have differed from their compeers in a ratio of divergence altogether incomprehensible to the ordinary intelligence. Whence originating, the fact remains that each generation of mankind is liable to be enriched or confounded by the apparition of individuals of abnormal force, beauty, or intellect. Neither does it seem possible for the Attila or the Tamerlane, the Semiramis or the Cleopatra of the period to escape the destiny that accompanies the birthright, whether it be empire or martyrdom, the.

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