Rube (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from Rube The life of Filippo Rubè, up to his thirtieth year, had not apparently been different from that of any number of provincial youths who descend upon Rome with a lawyer´s degree, a wooden trunk and several letters of introduction to deputies and business men. As a matter of fact, however, he had brought with him something else of his own, to wit, a logical mind capable of splitting a hair into four, an oratorical fire that burned his opponent´s argument to the bone, and a certain faith that he had great things in him. This had been implanted in his heart by his father, who was the communal secretary at Calinni, and who, well acquainted with his Æneid, in Latin and the life of Napoleon in French, considered everybody in the world - beginning with himself - an intruder with the exception of geniuses and heroes. But Filippo´s entrance into the office of the honourable Taramanna had done him more harm than good, so great was the oppression of that swarthy, powerfully-built man, who stood head and shoulders above him and took away his sunlight. Although his own eloquence was keener and his preparation more exact, he felt crushed by this grammarless, unlearned fellow who crashed through obstacles without even noticing them, with the stride of an elephant in the jungle, and who, when his pupil was perorating before the Tribunal like a Mirabeau, fashioned paper boats with a spontaneous indifference not born of envy. At times, in the evening, Filippo would grow excited expounding to him his plan for winning a suit or deciding a political struggle; but Taramanna, who was getting impatient for his game of poker, would listen, standing, and after letting him reach his climax, would place his hand upon the young man´s shoulder and, bursting into a most unamiable Negro guffaw, transfix him by concluding: "Magnificent! But that isn´t the way life goes." About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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