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THE FIRE IN THE FLINT
WALTER F. WHITE
NEW YORK
ALFRED • A • KNOPF
MCMXXIV
COPYRIGHT, 1924, BY ALFRED A. KNOPF, INC. • PUBLISHED, SEPTEMBER, 1924 • SET UP, ELECTROTYPED, PRINTED AND BOUND BY THE VAILBALLOU PRESS, INC., BINGHAMTON N. Y. • PAPER FURNISHED BY W. F. ETHERINGTON & CO., NEW YORK. •
MANUFACTURED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
TO MY WIFE
“The fire in the flint never shows until it is struck.”
—Old English Proverb.
THE FIRE IN THE FLINT