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    H. R.
    H. R.
    H. R.
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    H. R.

    By Edwin Lefevre

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    The trouble was not in being a bank clerk, but in being a clerk in a bank that wanted him to be nothing but a bank clerk. That kind always enriches first the bank and later on a bit of soil.
    Hendrik Rutgers had no desire to enrich either bank or soil.
    He was blue-eyed, brown-haired, clear-skinned, rosy-cheeked, tall, well-built, and square-chinned. He always was in fine physical trim, which made people envy him so that they begrudged him advancement, but it also made them like him because they were so flattered when he reduced himself to their level by not bragging of his muscles. He had a quick-gaited mind and much fluency of speech. Also the peculiar sense of humor of a born leader that enabled him to laugh at what any witty devil said about others, even while it prevented him from seeing jokes aimed at his sacred self.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherEdwin Lefevre
    Release dateApr 29, 2016
    ISBN9786050427233
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