Word: cassamassima
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...danger in this distaste for ambition is illustrated, of course, by the results of the November election. In Henry James’ The Princess Cassamassima, one of the characters notes airily, “Oh, if one wants anything very much it is sure to be difficult.” If we revile those who want something very much, we end up stuck with the unambitious. We end up with leaders for whom it has not been difficult. This is problematic...
...Book Counter, - B. Wendell: Rankell's Remains; Ely: Labor Movement in America; James: The Princess Cassamassima; Corson: Introduction to Browning; Stockton: The Casting away of Mrs. Lecks and Mrs. Aleshine; Geo. C. Bush: Harvard; Baker: The Bad habits of Good Society; Whist Scores and Card Table Talk; Atlantic for December, 28 cents. Upton: Standard Oratorios; Mendel: Haufp Tales; Muller: German Classics; Hawthorne: Confessions and Criticism...
...Book Counter, - B. Wendell: Rankell's Remains; Ely: Labor Movement in America; James: The Princess Cassamassima; Corson: Introduction to Browning; Stockton: The Casting away of Mrs. Lecks and Mrs. Aleshine; Geo. C. Bush: Harvard; Baker: the Bad habits of Good Society; Whist Scores and Card Table Talk; Atlantic for December, 28 cents. Upton: Standard Oratorios; Mendel: Haufp Tales; Muller: German Classics; Hawthorne: Confessions and Criticism...
...Book Counter: B. Wendell, Rankell's Remains; Ely, Labor Movement in America; James, The Princess Cassamassima; Corson, Introduction to Browning; Stockton, The Casting away of Mrs. Leeks and Mrs. Aleshine; Geo. C. Bush, Harvard; Baker, The Bad habits of Good Society; Whist Scores and Card Table Talk; Atlantic for December, 28 cents. Contains Lowell's Anniversary Oration and Holmes' poem...
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