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"Oh yes; that is the idea. By all means."
"And you can't ever tell what's in you till you try.
Why, when I started this thing, I didn't more than half
understand my own strength. I wouldn't have said,
looking back, that I could have stood the wear and tear
of what I've been through. But I developed as I went along.
It's just like exercising your muscles in a gymnasium.
You can lift twice or three times as much after you've
been in training a month as you could before. And I
can see that it's going to be just so with your son.
His going through college won't hurt him,--he'll soon slough
all that off,--and his bringing up won't; don't be anxious
about it. I noticed in the army that some of the fellows
that had the most go-ahead were fellows that hadn't ever
had much more to do than girls before the war broke out.
Your son will get along."
"Thank you," said Bromfield Corey, and smiled--whether
because his spirit was safe in the humility he
sometimes boasted, or because it was triply armed
in pride against anything the Colonel's kindness could do.
"He'll get along. He's a good business man, and he's
a fine fellow. MUST you go?" asked Lapham, as Bromfield
Corey now rose more resolutely. "Well, glad to see you.
It was natural you should want to come and see what he
was about, and I'm glad you did.
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