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The late lan Maclaren, novelist and clergyman, -was once talking to a group of literary beginiiers. ' Begin your stories well,' he said, emphatically.. * There's nothing like a good beginning. Indeed, it's half the battle.' Then with a smile he added : ' Always bear in mind the case of the young man who, desiring to marry; succeeded in getting a hearing from his sweetheart's irascible father by opening the interview with the words : ; ' " I know a way, sir, whereby you can save money." '
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New Zealand Tablet, Volume 27, Issue 21, 27 May 1909, Page 838
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83BEGIN WELL New Zealand Tablet, Volume 27, Issue 21, 27 May 1909, Page 838
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