Out of the Past — page 171: what you’re looking at

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168 Out of the Past. tion in struggle and achievement, and there is some lit- tle pleasure in victories won for sake of a beloved mem- ory. I speak of what I know. And yet—pardon me— there is one hunger that probably has not reached you, the hunger of a man for his own creation.” Winthrop stood eagerly apart until he received the quick, vibrating response: “Something like the longing of a man for his father. I have known that all my life.” Their hands met and they turned into the house, having found each other out of a worldful of men. THE END. CONNIE OOO KS .EO