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The young man who, at the end of September, 1924, dismounted from a taxicab in South Square,

John Galsworthy

Slang is vigorous and apt. Probably most of our vital words were once slang.
JOHN GALSWORTHY

Stang Vigorous
The building of a house, the writing of a novel, the demolition of a bridge, and, eminently, the finish of a voyage.
JOHN GALSWORTHY

Bridge Building Demolition Finish House Novel Voyage Writing
Westminster, was so unobtrusively American that his driver had some hesitation in asking for double his fare. The young man had no hesitation in refusing it.
JOHN GALSWORTHY

Country Driver Fare Hesitation Man Refuse Some Young
The Forsytes were resentful of something, not individually, but as a family; this resentment expressed itself in an added perfection of raiment, an exuberance of family cordiality, an exaggeration of family importance, and the sniff.
JOHN GALSWORTHY

Added Express Familiar Individually Itself Perfection Resentful Retirement Something Style
A wild plant that, when it blooms by chance within the hedge of our gardens, we call a flower; and when it blooms outside we call a weed; but, flower or weed, whose scent and colour are always, wild!
JOHN GALSWORTHY

Bloom Blossom Flower Garden Plant Wild
As a man lives and thinks, so he will write.
JOHN GALSWORTHY

Live Man So Think Write
How to save the old that’s worth saving, whether in landscape, houses, manners, institutions, or human types, is one of our greatest problems, and the one that we bother least about.
JOHN GALSWORTHY

Greatest House Human Institution Landscape Manner Other Problem Save Type Worth
It is an age of stir and change, a season of new wine and old bottles. Yet, assuredly, in spite of breakages and waste, a wine worth the drinking is all the time being made.
JOHN GALSWORTHY

Age Change New Nottle Old Season Stir Wine
Under its influence, wholly or in part, have blossomed weekends, strong nerves, strong legs, strong language… equality of sex, good digestion and professional occupation – in four words, the emanicipation of women.
JOHN GALSWORTHY

Digestion Empicipation Equality Influence Language Leg Profession Strong Weekend Word
Art is the one form of human energy in the whole world, which really works for union, and destroys the barriers between man and man.
JOHN GALSWORTHY

Art Barrier Destroy Energy Form Human Man Really Union Work World
Summer summer summer! The soundless footsteps on the grass!
JOHN GALSWORTHY

Footstep Grass Soundless Summer
Dawn has power to fertilise the most matter-of-fact vision.
JOHN GALSWORTHY

Dawn Fertilise Forgive Indulge Little Power
We are not living in a private world of our own.
JOHN GALSWORTHY

Living Our Own Private World
It`s always worth while before you do anything to consider whether it`s going to hurt another person more than is absolutely necessary.
JOHN GALSWORTHY

Absolutely Always Anyone Anything Consider Go Hurt More Necessary Person While Worth
Take modern courtships! They resulted in the same thing as under George the Second, but took longer to reach it, owing to the motor-cycle and the standing lunch.
JOHN GALSWORTHY

Courtship Modern Take
I think the greatest thing in the world is to believe in people.
JOHN GALSWORTHY

Believe Greatest Person Thing Think World

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