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England must wake up, as the Duke of Devonshire said the other day; wasn't it? Oh, well, it was someone else. Not that I ever indulge in despair about the Future; there always have been men who have gone about despairing of the Future, and when the Future arrives it says nice, superior things about their having acted according to their lights. It is dreadful to think that other people's grandchildren may one day rise up and call one amiable. ENGLAND MUST WAKE UP AS THE DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE SAID THE OTHER DAY WASN'T IT OH WELL IT WAS SOME ONE ELSE NOT THAT I EVER INDULGE IN DESPAIR ABOUT THE FUTURE THERE ALWAYS HAVE BEEN MEN WHO HAVE GONE ABOUT DESPAIRING OF THE FUTURE AND WHEN THE FUTURE ARRIVES IT SAYS NICE SUPERIOR THINGS ABOUT THEIR HAVING ACTED ACCORDING TO THEIR LIGHTS IT IS DREADFUL TO THINK THAT OTHER PEOPLE'S GRANDCHILDREN MAY ONE DAY RISE UP AND CALL ONE AMIABLE
gerous; but at her worst she is never quite so bad as the woman who fires _Exchange and Mart_ questions at you without the least provocation. Imagine the other day, just when I was doing my best to understand half the things I was saying, being asked by one of those seekers after country home truths how many fowls she could keep in a run ten feet by six, or whatever it was! I told her whole crowds, as long as she kept the door shut, and the idea didn't seem to have struck her before; at least, she brooded over it for the rest of dinner. Of course, as I say, one never really _knows_ one's ground, and one may make mistakes occasionally. But then one's mistakes sometimes turn out assets in the long-run: if we had never bungled away our American colonies we might never have had the boy from the States to teach us how to wear our hair and cut our clothes, and we must get our ideas from somewhere, I suppose. Even the Hooligan was probably invented in China centuries before we thought of him. N THAT SHE IS REALLY DANGEROUS BUT AT HER WORST SHE IS NEVER QUITE SO BAD AS THE WOMAN WHO FIRES EXCHANGE AND MART QUESTIONS AT YOU WITHOUT THE LEAST PROVOCATION IMAGINE THE OTHER DAY JUST WHEN I WAS DOING MY BEST TO UNDERSTAND HALF THE THINGS I WAS SAYING BEING ASKED BY ONE OF THOSE SEEKERS AFTER COUNTRY HOME TRUTHS HOW MANY FOWLS SHE COULD KEEP IN A RUN TEN FEET BY SIX OR WHATEVER IT WAS I TOLD HER WHOLE CROWDS AS LONG AS SHE KEPT THE DOOR SHUT AND THE IDEA DIDN'T SEEM TO HAVE STRUCK HER BEFORE AT LEAST SHE BROODED OVER IT FOR THE REST OF DINNER OF COURSE AS I SAY ONE NEVER REALLY KNOWS ONE'S GROUND AND ONE MAY MAKE MISTAKES OCCASIONALLY BUT THEN ONE'S MISTAKES SOMETIMES TURN OUT ASSETS IN THE LONG RUN IF WE HAD NEVER BUNGLED AWAY OUR AMERICAN COLONIES WE MIGHT NEVER HAVE HAD THE BOY FROM THE STATES TO TEACH US HOW TO WEAR OUR HAIR AND CUT OUR CLOTHES AND WE MUST GET OUR IDEAS FROM SOMEWHERE I SUPPOSE EVEN THE HOOLIGAN WAS PROBABLY INVENTED IN CHINA CENTURIES BEFORE WE THOUGHT OF HIM
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