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But I looked at him through the spectacles and saw a satisfaction in concentrated energies, and a tenacity arising from devotion to a noble dream which was not apparent in the youths who pitied him in the aimless effeminacy of clubs, nor in the clever gentlemen who cracked their thin jokes upon him over a gossiping dinner. BUT I LOOKED AT HIM THROUGH THE SPECTACLES AND SAW A SATISFACTION IN CONCENTRATED ENERGIES AND A TENACITY ARISING FROM DEVOTION TO A NOBLE DREAM WHICH WAS NOT APPARENT IN THE YOUTHS WHO PITIED HIM IN THE AIMLESS EFFEMINACY OF CLUBS NOR IN THE CLEVER GENTLEMEN WHO CRACKED THEIR THIN JOKES UPON HIM OVER A GOSSIPING DINNER
gles, and three-pences, however adroitly concealed they might be in broadcloth and boots: or saw an onion in an Easter bonnet weeping over the sins of Magdalen, I did not feel as they felt who saw in all this, not only propriety but piety. "Or when at public meetings an eel stood up on end, and wriggled and squirmed lithely in every direction, and declared that, for his part, he went in for rainbows and hot water--how could I help seeing that he was still black and loved a slimy pool? "I could not grow misanthropical when I saw in the eyes of so many who were called old, the gushing fountains of eternal youth, and the light of an immortal dawn, or when I saw those who were esteemed unsuccessful and aimless, ruling a fair realm of peace and plenty, either in their own hearts, or in another's--a realm and princely possession for which they had well renounced a hopeless search and a belated triumph. "I knew one man who had been for years a byword for having sought the philosopher's stone. WS FULL OF EAGLES HALF EAGLES AND THREEPENCES HOWEVER ADROITLY CONCEALED THEY MIGHT BE IN BROADCLOTH AND BOOTS OR SAW AN ONION IN AN EASTER BONNET WEEPING OVER THE SINS OF MAGDALEN I DID NOT FEEL AS THEY FELT WHO SAW IN ALL THIS NOT ONLY PROPRIETY BUT PIETY OR WHEN AT PUBLIC MEETINGS AN EEL STOOD UP ON END AND WRIGGLED AND SQUIRMED LITHELY IN EVERY DIRECTION AND DECLARED THAT FOR HIS PART HE WENT IN FOR RAINBOWS AND HOT WATER HOW COULD I HELP SEEING THAT HE WAS STILL BLACK AND LOVED A SLIMY POOL I COULD NOT GROW MISANTHROPICAL WHEN I SAW IN THE EYES OF SO MANY WHO WERE CALLED OLD THE GUSHING FOUNTAINS OF ETERNAL YOUTH AND THE LIGHT OF AN IMMORTAL DAWN OR WHEN I SAW THOSE WHO WERE ESTEEMED UNSUCCESSFUL AND AIMLESS RULING A FAIR REALM OF PEACE AND PLENTY EITHER IN THEIR OWN HEARTS OR IN ANOTHER'S A REALM AND PRINCELY POSSESSION FOR WHICH THEY HAD WELL RENOUNCED A HOPELESS SEARCH AND A BELATED TRIUMPH I KNEW ONE MAN WHO HAD BEEN FOR YEARS A BYWORD FOR HAVING SOUGHT THE PHILOSOPHER'S STONE
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