...The T wo Brothers by Honore de Balzac T ranlated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley A Penn State Electronic... ...The T wo Brothers by Honore de Balzac T ranlated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley A Penn State Electronic Cl... ...er, especially on the latter’s worst side; and 7 Balzac the doctor at his best was far from satisfactory, either mor- ally or physically. The arrival... ...hich Cardinal Mazarin presented to the city of Paris, and which the French Academy was in after days to inhabit, cast chill shadows over this angle of... ...a picture such as may be 17 Balzac seen at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts; if a musician, a cantata; if an architect, the plans for a public building. At t... ...e child might be liable to water on the brain. His distressful face, whose originality was thought ugliness by those who had no eye for the moral valu... ...interpreted by his practical nature, carried away his last scruples on the score of morality. For such be- ings, there are but two ways of existence. ... ... however, he firmly adhered, like all other “honest men” who howl with the winners. Monsieur Hochon came honestly by the reputation of mi- ser. but it... ...n the eyes of all; and his life and conduct received in one day their just award. Gilet met Captain Potel, who was looking for him, and seemed almost ...

Excerpt: The Two Brothers by Honore de Balzac, translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley.