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manufacture, used his drawing skill as a
designer and finally had reached the dignity
of inspector at Beauharnois, a suburb
of Montreal.

But trade did not satisfy all the needs
of a soul like David's. If he has two
characterisitics more marked than others
they are a passion for argument and
a weakness for poetry. So many of the
great poets have been similarly affected
that one needs mention only a few
like Dryden, Euripides, Goethe, Browning,
Tennyson and Lucretius. It is just possible
that Mr. Cornish may have thought of
politics, auctioneering or school-teaching
as a more suitable field for his
peculiar genius. But auctioneering seems
to demand an abrupt, tyrannical nature,
school-teaching is a thankless job and
politics are at present hedged by no

manufacture, used his drawing skill as a
designer and finally had reached the dignity
of inspector at Beauharnois, a suburb
of Montreal.

But trade did not satisfy all the needs
of a soul like David's. If he has two
characterisitics more marked than others
They are a passion for argument and
a weakness for poetry. So many of the
great poets have been similarly affected
like Dryden, Euripides, Goethe, Browning,
Lennyson and Lucretius. It is just possible
that mr. Cornish may have thought of
politics, auctioneering or school-teaching
as a more suitable field for his
peculiar genius. But auctioneering seems
to demand an abrupt, tyrannical nature,
school-teaching is a thankless job and
politics are at present hedged by no