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And this, with "my lord" and "his lordship" erased to make way for the word "money," is my moral. AND THIS WITH MY LORD AND HIS LORDSHIP ERASED TO MAKE WAY FOR THE WORD MONEY IS MY MORAL
n. Among the papers left by one Charles Dickens--a novelist who is obsolete now because he "wallows naked in the pathetic" and was frequently guilty of a very vulgar sort of humour that actually made people laugh, which, as we now know, is not the purpose of humour--a novelist who incessantly "caricatured Nature" and by these inartistic and underhand methods created characters that are more real to us than the folk we jostle in the street and (God knows!) far more vital and worthy of attention than the folk who "cannot read Dickens"--you will find, I say, a note of an idea which he never afterward developed, running to this effect: "Full length portrait of his lordship, surrounded by worshippers. Sensible men enough, agreeable men enough, independent men enough in a certain way; but the moment they begin to circle round my lord, and to shine with a borrowed light from his lordship, heaven and earth, how mean and subservient! What a competition and outbidding of each other in servility! R THE SHOULDERS OF A GREATER MAN AMONG THE PAPERS LEFT BY ONE CHARLES DICKENS A NOVELIST WHO IS OBSOLETE NOW BECAUSE HE WALLOWS NAKED AND THE PATHETIC AND WAS FREQUENTLY GUILTY OF A VERY VULGAR SORT OF HUMOR THAT ACTUALLY MADE PEOPLE LAUGH WHICH AS WE NOW KNOW IS NOT THE PURPOSE OF HUMOUR A NOVELIST WHO INCESSANTLY CARICATURED NATURE AND BY THESE INARTISTIC AND UNDERHAND METHODS CREATED CHARACTERS THAT ARE MORE REAL TO US THAN THE FOLK WE JOSTLE IN THE STREET AND GOD KNOWS FAR MORE VITAL AND WORTHY OF ATTENTION THAN THE FOLK WHO CANNOT READ DICKENS YOU WILL FIND I SAY A NOTE OF AN IDEA WHICH HE NEVER AFTERWARD DEVELOPED RUNNING TO THIS EFFECT FULL LENGTH PORTRAIT OF HIS LORDSHIP SURROUNDED BY WORSHIPPERS SENSIBLE MEN ENOUGH AGREEABLE MEN ENOUGH INDEPENDENT MEN ENOUGH IN A CERTAIN WAY BUT THE MOMENT THEY BEGIN TO CIRCLE ROUND MY LORD AND TO SHINE WITH A BORROWED LIGHT FROM HIS LORDSHIP HEAVEN AND EARTH HOW MEAN AND SUBSERVIENT WHAT A COMPETITION AND OUTBIDDING OF EACH OTHER IN SERVILITY
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