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The quality of being ready-handed; capability and preparedness..
Touching alike in contrast and in resemblance is the life-story of Jame Hannington, the incorrigible, fun-loving Oxford student; the curate winning men's hearts by his genial sympathy and ready-handedness in time of need, yet dimly conscious of his unfitness for the cure of souls, while the inward voice whispered ever more loudly: 'Mine own vineyard have I not kept.'
He had all the Bushman's ready-handedness, and there was just sufficient aloofness in his frank cordiality to make her feel that he would never presume upon any familiarity which circumstances might enforce.
There are a dozen kinds of skilled labour greatly more difficult, demanding, indeed, somewhat less physical exertion but far more of the superior qualities of head and ready-handedness.
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Ready-handedness means The quality of being ready-handed; capability and preparedness..
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Touching alike in contrast and in resemblance is the life-story of Jame Hannington, the incorrigible, fun-loving Oxford student; the curate winning men's hearts by his genial sympathy and ready-handedness in time of need, yet dimly conscious of his unfitness for the cure of souls, while the inward voice whispered ever more loudly: 'Mine own vineyard have I not kept.'
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