George's son had done his work so thoroughly that he was considered too good a workman to live, and was, in fact, taken and tragically shot at twelve o'clock that same dayβanother instance of the untoward fate which so often attends dogs and other philosophers who follow out a train of reasoning to its logical conclusion, and attempt perfectly consistent conduct in a world made up so largely of compromise. β¨ Thomas Hardy (2016). Far from the Madding Crowd: Works of Hardy, p.27, θ°·ζη€Ύ
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