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Starting over (career change or major relocation)

One threshold, met from more than one vantage.

Stories from inside it

Better to Begin at Once

I have been thinking of the time that is past, the old time when I sat with your father and your dear mother by the sea; those were moments of delight, such as one never forgets. The last time too tha…

Free to Choose My Own Way

When, at length, I had repaid Captain Minner, and had got my free papers, so that my freedom was quite secure, my feelings were greatly excited. I felt to myself so light, that I almost thought I coul…

When the Doors of Heaven Sprang Open

"If we do not go to Holland, may I not go to Batavia and study medicine?" Father's answer to this was easy enough to comprehend; "I must never forget that I am a Javanese"; that it would not be possi…