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Knot
“
I only know what it is that's wrong with him; not why it is."
And what is it?" asked Lucy fearfully, expecting some harrowing tale.
The old trouble; things won't fit."
What things?"
The things of the universe. It's quite true. They don't."
Oh Mr. Emerson, whatever do you mean?"
In his ordinary voice, so that she scarcely realized he was quoting poetry, he said:
"'From far, from eve and morning,
And yon twelve-winded sky,
The stuff of life to knit me
Blew hither: here am I."
George and I bo
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― A Room with a View
― A Room with a View
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To tie a knot at the end of your rope means that you have a rope as well as the ability to tie a knot. And while that’s not necessarily great news, imagine what things would be like without a rope or ability.
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