'. ■;*;,■ ■ >.;One of itho .newer storiee illustrative of.•per-, 'v'y'..eonal: egotism,: concerns '.the. French dramatist,' V'i ■'■'■'. Edmond .■ Rostand;^: It;is ;narra'ted that .before ;;S('r, 6e;lHhg. -his l'.uris' house Tocently to.'a, banker: ..V' j-he sealed-iip the door he had been accustomed 5: ■..,'.to,,use'and .cunippllccl'. the buyer to build a now ] 'ii;; ■ one/ Kostand's! view-was that the doorway hnl-fe-;,:-lowed-by rhisvowh-footsteps; ehould- novor. bo f'"-, desecrated by -lesser .mortals;.:niid: the bronze p,',<; tablet-which-ho ;tpok plains to:f»steri uppn:tho : *■■:,' 'sealed ;■ entrance, was. dnigned ■ to"' inform: posy..'.■• •'• terity that the. dooriray : .was, cacr«d' In th&V-it. f: /had 'been" used.by Hho. immortal. Edmpiid: 'Eos-v';-.--:":J;;faiitl.j >~■'...;•..■.:.",;.■• vV--i:-'/^"S- ; ' y -:i ■■ : - : : , '; '- ; ,.- : y : & :"-'-i;'".-. [; P f , : :'a >ttitiii Of-IS Spilth: Pole ;«spedi- ;,:.., /tibns, 4 nine.' , have ' been':;British. -•■- ■ '■:?'. ,■■<:-.
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 626, 4 October 1909, Page 7
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112Page 7 Advertisements Column 1 Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 626, 4 October 1909, Page 7
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