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to rise in the world. He would not again take a load 

 as porter, and he was not yet skilled enough or known 

 enough to pick up more than stray jobs as gunbearer. 

 Before him was struggle and hard times, with a cer- 

 tainty of a highly considered profession if he won 

 through. Behind him was steady work without out- 

 lets for ambition. It was distinctly up to him to 

 prove whether he had done well to reach for am- 

 bition, or whether he would have done better in 

 contentment with his old lot. And that is in es- 

 sence a good deal like our own world isn't it? 



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