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View from Pinnacle on Roof of Cathedral—the Delectable Mountains beyond.
Among the Himalayas. Supposed highest summits on the earth’s surface.
Elevation, 29,000 feet. From near Sundookphoo, 1885.

A TWENTIETH
CENTURY
IDEALIST

BY

HENRY PETTIT

Under the Surface of the Ordinary Life Lie Great Mysteries—
The Real Part of Man Is in His Ideals

Colophon

THE GRAFTON PRESS

PUBLISHERS NEW YORK


Copyright, 1905,
BY
HENRY PETTIT


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TABLE OF CONTENTS
AND
PLAN OF THE BOOK

CHAP.PAGE
PROLOGUE.
I.(a) Inquisitive Admiration—Two Kinds1
II.(b) How the Professor Was Won7
PART FIRST.
At Home in the States. The Physical Dominant.
III.Adele Herself17
IV.She Hears the Words of a Song23
V.After Dark in the Park—The Doctor...

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