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The Project Gutenberg EBook of Almost A Man, by Mary Wood-Allen This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: Almost A Man Author: Mary Wood-Allen Release Date: June 6, 2009 [EBook #29056] Language: English Character set encoding: ASCII *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK ALMOST A MAN *** Produced by Meredith Bach, Katherine Ward and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) ALMOST A MAN. BY MARY WOOD-ALLEN, M. D. Author of TEACHING TRUTH, CHILD-CONFIDENCE REWARDED, THE MAN WONDERFUL IN THE HOUSE BEAUTIFUL, etc. "What is man that thou art mindful of him?" DAVID. "Every true man is a cause, a country and an age." EMERSON. "God on thee Abundantly his gifts hath also poured; Inward and outward both his image fair." MILTON. PUBLISHED BY WOOD-ALLEN PUBLISHING CO. ANN ARBOR, MICH. COPYRIGHTED BY MARY WOOD-ALLEN, M. D. 1895. CONTENTS. PAGE Prelude iii Almost a Man 5 A Gateway and a Gift 22 The White Cross 40 PRELUDE. Two lads had crossed the sunny meadow-land of childhood and stood by the gate, at the entrance to the rougher paths of youth leading up to the grander heights of maturity. They glanced backward, but not with regret, for their eyes shone with eagerness to climb the upward way. As they waited, an angel came bearing a gift for each, which he gave them, saying: "I have brought you a wondrous gift, not for yourselves but for others. Listen." And they bent their heads and listened. And one said: "I hear most entrancing music. It thrills my very being. It is for me, for me." But the angel said: "Listen again. Shut your ears to those bewild
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