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to feel, if any distinct task is offered, your incapability of

atte it'

'A enerally

gratify it to soh a

woman's enthusiasm is deeper than a man's You can join Mazzini to-

morrow, I suppose, if you like'

'It is a supposition not quite justifiable, and if I were free to go

I could not'

'Why?'

'I am not fitted for such work; I have not sufficient faith When I

see a flag waving, a doubt always intrudes Long ago I was forced to

the conclusion that I should have to be content with a life which did

not extend outside itself'

'I a path, not because

they are bad, but siood' 'Maybe you are right The inability to obtain otten of mistaken or baffled

self-sacrifice But do you mean to say that you would like to enlist

under Mazzini?'