I saw many creatures that went about the fire, and did have warmth from the fire and drink from the spring and surely I did ponder that the Peoples of this our Age should say, if they had stood with me, that Providence had made nigh together the warmth and the drink that were needful unto life (for it was grown to a bitter chill now in the Gorge). And so shall you laugh not over hardly upon me. And this doth show how a man may act foolishly, even when he doth believe that he hath a great caution and surely it is borne in upon me afresh that none should trust over freely unto unproven matters, the which shall you heartily agree with but yet do as foolishly, according to your lights and characters.And, as doth be human, I brake my rule straightway in the beginning. Quotes The Night Land (1912) All quotes are from the public domain text of the novel, available at " The Night Land" William Hope Hodgson (15 November 1877 – April 1918) was an English author.
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