Edward ought, I suppose, to have gone to the Transvaal. It … - Ford Madox Ford

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Edward ought, I suppose, to have gone to the Transvaal. It would have done him a great deal of good to get killed.

Ford Madox Ford

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Ford Madox Ford (17.12.1873 – 26.06.1939), also known as Ford Madox Hueffer, was a British novelist, essayist, memoirist and publisher.

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Birth Name: Joseph Leopold Ford Hermann Madox Hueffer

Alternative Names: Ford Hermann Hueffer • Ford Madox Hueffer

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He had a great deal to think of if he was to get the hang of – he was certainly not going to interfere with – the world and having to listen to conversations that were mostly moral apophthegms had tired him. He got too many at too short intervals.

In every man there are two minds that work side by side, the one checking the other; thus emotion stands against reason, intellect corrects passion and first impressions act a little, but very little, before quick reflection.

But upon my word, I don't know how we put in our time. How does one put in one's time? How is it possible to have achieved nine years and to have nothing whatever to show for it?

Edward ought, I suppose, to have gone to the Transvaal. It would have done him a great deal of good to get killed. - Ford Madox Ford

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