Yet birth, and lust, and illness, and death are changeless things, and when one of these harsh facts springs out upon a man at some sudden turn of the path of life, it dashes off for the moment his mask of civilization and gives a glimpse of the stranger and stronger face below.
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The Curse of Eve by
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
But often the great cat Fate lets us go only to clutch us again in a fiercer grip.
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The Curse of Eve by
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The lamp was burning dim and the first cold light of dawn was breaking through the window. The night had been long and dark but the day was the sweeter and the purer in consequence.
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The Curse of Eve by
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle