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IN WHOSE LETTERS HER CHILDREN FIND THE
UNCONSCIOUS REFLECTION OF LITERATURE
THAT IS LIFE AND LIFE THAT

IS LITERATURE

THIS BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED

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CONTENTS

I. It Can Give You an Outlet

II. It Can Keep Before You the Vision of

the Ideal.

III. It Can Give You a Better Knowledge of

Human Nature

IV. It Can Restore the Past to You

V. It Can Show You the Glory of the Com-

VI. It Can Give You the Mastery of Your

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