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The Devil, if there be a personal devil  and it has been pointed out, with some show of reason, that an impersonal one could scarcely carry out such enormous contracts  would, in all probability, rather approve than otherwise of indiscriminate truth telling. THE DEVIL IF THERE BE A PERSONAL DEVIL AND IT HAS BEEN POINTED OUT WITH SOME SHOW OF REASON THAT AN IMPERSONAL ONE COULD SCARCELY CARRY OUT SUCH ENORMOUS CONTRACTS WOULD IN ALL PROBABILITY RATHER APPROVE THAN OTHERWISE OF INDISCRIMINATE TRUTH TELLING
cars so that he who rides may read. "And Ignorance--beautiful, divine Ignorance--is forsaken by a generation that clamours for the truth. And what value, pray, has this Truth that we should lust after it?" He glanced up, in an inquiring fashion. Mr. Jukesbury, meeting his eye, smiled and shook his head and said "Fie, fie!" very placidly. To do him justice, he had not the least idea what Kennaston was talking about. "I am aware," the poet continued, with an air of generosity, "that many pleasant things have been said of it. In fact, our decade has turned its back relentlessly upon the decayed, and we no longer read the lament over the lost art of lying issued many magazines ago by a once prominent British author. Still, without advancing any Wilde theories, one may fairly claim that truth is a jewel--a jewel with many facets, differing in appearance from each point of view. "And while 'Tell the truth and shame the Devil' is a very pretty sentiment, it need not necessarily mean anything. ORMATION IS PASTED UP IN THE STREET CARS SO THAT HE WHO RIDES MAY READ AND IGNORANCE BEAUTIFUL DIVINE IGNORANCE IS FORSAKEN BY A GENERATION THAT CLAMORS FOR THE TRUTH AND WHAT VALUE PRAY HAS THIS TRUTH THAT WE SHOULD LAST AFTER IT HE GLANCED UP IN AN INQUIRING FASHION MISTER JEWKESBURY MEETING HIS EYES SMILED AND SHOOK HIS HEAD AND SAID FIVE FIVE VERY PLACIDLY TO DO HIM JUSTICE HE HAD NOT THE LEAST IDEA WHAT CANNASTON WAS TALKING ABOUT I AM AWARE THE POET CONTINUED WITH AN AIR OF GENEROSITY THAT MANY PLEASANT THINGS HAVE BEEN SAID OF IT IN FACT OUR DECADE HAS TURNED ITS BACK RELENTLESSLY UPON THE DECAYED AND WE NO LONGER READ THE LAMENT OVER THE LOST ART OF LYING ISSUED MANY MAGAZINES AGO BY A ONCE PROMINENT BRITISH AUTHOR STILL WITHOUT ADVANCING ANY WILD THEORIES ONE MAY FAIRLY CLAIM THAT TRUTH IS A JEWEL A JEWEL WITH MANY FACETS DIFFERING IN APPEARANCE FROM EACH POINT OF VIEW AND WHILE TELL THE TRUTH AND SHAME THE DEVIL IS A VERY PRETTY SENTIMENT IT NEED NOT NECESSARILY MEAN ANYTHING
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