I never could believe that Providence had sent a few men into the world, ready booted and spurred to ride, and millions ready saddled and bridled to be ridden.

I never could believe that Providence
had sent a few men into the world,
ready booted and spurred to ride, and
millions ready saddled and bridled to be ridden.

I never would believe that Providence had sent a few men into the world, ready booted and spurred to ride, and millions ready ;saddled and bridled to be ridden.

We lost him to Harvard. I didn't want that to happen again.

God gets the great stories. Novelists must make do with more mundane fictions.

If you will practice being fictional for a while, you will understand that fictional characters are sometimes more real than people with bodies and heartbeats.