“ for every place has some advantages, and they are always better worth knowing than the disadvantages. ”
George MacDonald, At the Back of the North Wind (1871). copy citation
| Author | George MacDonald |
|---|---|
| Source | At the Back of the North Wind |
| Topic | worth advantage |
| Date | 1871 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/225/225-h/225-h.htm |
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“But instead of that, he said to himself it was a fine thing all the old furniture was there. And instead of helping his mother to be miserable at the change, he began to find out all the advantages of the place; for every place has some advantages, and they are always better worth knowing than the disadvantages. Certainly the weather was depressing, for a thick, dull, persistent rain was falling by the time they reached home. But happily the weather is very changeable; and besides, there was a good fire burning in the room, which their neighbour with the drunken husband had attended to for them;”
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