id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt gissing-crown-1899 gissing gissing-crown-1899 1899 .txt text/plain 122071 7785 83 But, put it at the best, he would be doing as other men do, taking a wife for his solace, for the defeat of his assailing blood. Intensely self-conscious, he suffered much from a habit of comparing, contrasting himself with other men, with men who achieved things, who made their way, who played a part in the world. cache/gissing-crown-1899.txt txt/gissing-crown-1899.txt