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Little Women - 912 Freedom Library

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<strong>Little</strong> <strong>Women</strong>Now, Mr. Bhaer was a diffident man and slow to offerhis own opinions, not because they were unsettled, buttoo sincere and earnest to be lightly spoken. As he glancedfrom Jo to several other young people, attracted by thebrilliancy of the philosophic pyrotechnics, he knit hisbrows and longed to speak, fearing that some inflammableyoung soul would be led astray by the rockets, to findwhen the display was over that they had only an emptystick or a scorched hand.He bore it as long as he could, but when he wasappealed to for an opinion, he blazed up with honestindignation and defended religion with all the eloquenceof truth—an eloquence which made his broken Englishmusical and his plain face beautiful. He had a hard fight,for the wise men argued well, but he didn’t know whenhe was beaten and stood to his colors like a man.Somehow, as he talked, the world got right again to Jo.The old beliefs, that had lasted so long, seemed better thanthe new. God was not a blind force, and immortality wasnot a pretty fable, but a blessed fact. She felt as if she hadsolid ground under her feet again, and when Mr. Bhaerpaused, outtalked but not one whit convinced, Jo wantedto clap her hands and thank him.619 of 861

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