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But as the girl timidly accosted him, he gave a convulsive movement and saved hisrespectability by a vigorous side-step. He did not risk it to save a soul. For how was he toknow that there was a soul before him that needed saving?
But as the girl timidly accosted him, he gave a convulsive movement and saved hisrespectability by a vigorous side-step. He did not risk it to save a soul. For how was he toknow that there was a soul before him that needed saving?
Approximate author period: c. 1885 AD · industrial
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- Stephen Crane
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- Approximate author period: c. 1885 AD · industrial
Approximate period for the recorded attribution to Stephen Crane, based on documented lifetime 1871 to 1900. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q206534 (checked 2026-10-08). This is not a quotation composition date or independent authentication of its attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q206534 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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