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The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft
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George Gissing
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But
your
poem,
your
novel,
who
bargained
with
you
for
it?
If
it
is
honest
journeywork,
yet
lacks
purchasers,
at
most
you
may
call
yourself
a
hapless
tradesman.
If
it
come
from
on
high,
with
what
decency
do
you
fret
and
fume
because
it
is
not
paid
for
in
heavy
cash?
For
the
work
of
man's
mind
there
is
one
test,
and
one
alone,
the
judgment
of
generations
yet
unborn.
If
you
have
written
a
great
book,
the
world
to
come
will
know
of
it.
But
you
don't
care
for
posthumous
glory.
You
want
to
enjoy
fame
in
a
comfortable
armchair.
Ah,
that
is
quite
another
thing.
Have
the
courage
of
your
desire.
Admit
yourself
a
merchant,
and
protest
to
gods
and
men
that
the
merchandise
you
offer
is
of
better
quality
than
much
which
sells
for
a
high
price.
You
may
be
right,
and
indeed
it
is
hard
upon
you
that
Fashion
does
not
turn
to
your
stall.
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