Aimard, Gustave: Stoneheart. v1. 22 Feb 2015
 

Gustave Aimard (13 September 1818 – 20 June 1883) was the author of numerous books about Latin America.

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Sympathy is a feeling admitting neither analyzation nor discussion. It masters us, whether we will or no. Persons we meet unconsciously attract or repel us at first sight. And why? It is a question impossible to answer, but the fact is indubitable. An irresistible magnetic influence draws us towards people whom, if we listened to the promptings of self-interest, we ought to shun; while, on the other hand, the same influence compels us to avoid others, in whom this very interest should induce us to confide.