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Excerpt from The Way of Escape: A Novel
An unprofitable servant? Of course he was. But which Of his fellow-men would call him so? Ask the professors, - what graduate, taken all round, was the most promising Of his year? Would they not point at once to the man who had carried off the blue ribbon, - Giles Willoughby? Ask the sturdy truth telling minister Of that famous Free kirk. Nay, what need to ask him? Had he not been heard to say that men like young Willoughby were the salt Of the uni versity and the hope Of the Church P Ask the fellows. Giles smiled at the recollection Of how the Synod Hall had rung to the echo when the weary Principal had nerved his arm with fresh energy to raise the historic velvet cap above so brilliant a head. (such a pleasant head too! Not bald nor prematurely grey like some of the others, but crisp and curly and golden, a type of young virility.) Even the famous poet had scarcely received so great an ovation. There was not a single dissentient voice: they all liked him, the fellows; the worst of them at least respected his biceps. Yet he had not sacrificed one jot or one tittle of his duty to Win their admiration. He had proved - if indeed in Edinburgh so patent a fact needed proving - that a young man may teach in Sunday-school and go to prayer-meeting, and yet be able in case Of need to punch another man's head. His face softened as he thought Of the minister who had taught him the manliness Of religion, and with the thought came a sudden uneasiness at his own frame of mind. A devout Romanist might have crossed himself. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
