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At Close Range

By Francis Hopkinson Smith

2020-11-14 07:05:53

Brief Extract: On my writing-table lies a magnifying-glass the size of an old watch crystal, which helps me to understand the mechanism of many interesting things. With it I decipher at close range such finger-work as the cutting of intaglios, the br ... Read more
Brief Extract: On my writing-table lies a magnifying-glass the size of an old watch crystal, which helps me to understand the mechanism of many interesting things. With it I decipher at close range such finger-work as the cutting of intaglios, the brush-marks on miniatures, or perhaps the intricate fusings of metals in the sword-guard of a Samurai. At the same close range I try to search the secret places of the many minds and hearts which in my nomadic life cross my path. In these magnifyings and probings the unexpected is ofttimes revealed: tenderness hiding behind suspected cruelty; refinement under assumed coarseness; the joy of giving forcing its way through thick crusts of pretended avarice. The results confirm my theory, that at the bottom of every heart-crucible choked with life's cinders there can almost always be found a drop of gold. Less

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File size534.362 KB
Print pages224
PublisherPublic Domain Book
LanguageEnglish
ISBN978-1010106777
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Francis Hopkinson Smith
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Francis Hopkinson Smith (October 23, 1838 – April 7, 1915) was a United States author, artist, and engineer. He built the foundation for the Statue of Liberty, wrote many famous stories, and receive...

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