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Lay Morals, by Robert Louis Stevenson, Edited
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Title: Lay Morals and Other Papers
Author: Robert Louis Stevenson
Editor: Sidney Colvin
Release Date: October 20, 2010 [eBook #373] First Posted: November 1995
Language: English
Character set encoding: ISO-646-US (US-ASCII)
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Transcribed from the Chatto and Windus 1911 edition by David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org
LAY MORALS
And Other Papers
BY ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON
[Picture: Graphic]
A NEW EDITION WITH A PREFACE BY MRS. STEVENSON
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LONDON CHATTO & WINDUS 1911
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PREFACE BY MRS. ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON {0}
In our long voyage on the yacht Casco, we visited many islands; I believe on every one we found the scourge of leprosy. In the Marquesas there was a regular leper settlement, though the persons living there seemed free to wander where they wished, fishing on the beach, or visiting friends in the villages. I remember one afternoon, at Anaho, when my husband and I, tired after a long quest for shells, sat down on the sand to rest awhile, a native man stepped out from under some cocoanut trees, regarding us hesitatingly as though fearful of intruding. My