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                                   MY
                               COMMONPLACE
                                  BOOK

                              J. T. HACKETT

                        “_Omne meum, nihil meum_”

                           T. FISHER UNWIN LTD
                         LONDON: ADELPHI TERRACE

         _First publication in Great Britain, September, 1919._

               _Second English Edition, September, 1920._

                 _Third English Edition, January, 1921._




  _O Memories!_
  _O Past that is!_

                         GEORGE ELIOT.

       *       *       *       *       *

DEDICATED TO MY DEAR FRIEND

_RICHARD HODGSON_

WHO HAS PASSED OVER TO THE OTHER SIDE

  _Of wounds and sore defeat_
  _I made my battle-stay;_
  _Wingèd sandals for my feet_
  _I wove of my delay;_
  _Of weariness and fear_
  _I made my shouting spear;_
  _Of loss, and,