It wouldn’t have been failure to be bankrupt, dishonoured, … - Henry James

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It wouldn’t have been failure to be bankrupt, dishonoured, pilloried, hanged; it was failure not to be anything.

Henry James

The Beast in the Jungle · June 17, 2004 Verified in 1 source Sign up to see the complete provenance

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Henry James, OM (15 April 1843 – 28 February 1916) was an American author. He is regarded as a key transitional figure between literary realism and literary modernism, and is considered by many to be among the greatest novelists in the English language. He was the son of Henry James Sr. and the brother of renowned philosopher and psychologist William James and diarist Alice James.

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It wouldn’t have been failure to be bankrupt, dishonoured, pilloried, hanged; it was failure not to be anything. - Henry James

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