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"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? 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
d they were highly intelligent and successful. My finest sense detected no aroma of purity and principle; but I saw only a fungus that had fattened and spread in a night. They went to the theatres to see actors upon the stage. I went to see actors in the boxes, so consummately cunning, that others did not know they were acting, and they did not suspect it themselves. "Perhaps you wonder it did not make me misanthropical. My dear friends, do not forget that I had seen myself. That made me compassionate not cynical. "Of course, I could not value highly the ordinary standards of success and excellence. When I went to church and saw a thin, blue, artificial flower, or a great sleepy cushion expounding the beauty of holiness to pews full of eagles, half-eagles, 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. D WISE AND REPORTS SAID THAT THEY WERE HIGHLY INTELLIGENT AND SUCCESSFUL MY FINEST SENSE DETECTED NO AROMA OF PURITY AND PRINCIPLE BUT I SAW ONLY A FUNGUS THAT HAD FATTENED AND SPREAD IN A NIGHT THEY WENT TO THE THEATRES TO SEE ACTORS UPON THE STAGE I WENT TO SEE ACTORS IN THE BOXES SO CONSUMMATELY CUNNING THAT OTHERS DID NOT KNOW THEY WERE ACTING AND THEY DID NOT SUSPECT IT THEMSELVES PERHAPS YOU WONDER IT DID NOT MAKE ME MISANTHROPICAL MY DEAR FRIENDS DO NOT FORGET THAT I HAD SEEN MYSELF THAT MADE ME COMPASSIONATE NOT CYNICAL OF COURSE I COULD NOT VALUE HIGHLY THE ORDINARY STANDARDS OF SUCCESS AND EXCELLENCE WHEN I WENT TO CHURCH AND SAW A THIN BLUE ARTIFICIAL FLOWER OR A GREAT SLEEPY CUSHION EXPOUNDING THE BEAUTY OF HOLINESS TO PEWS 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
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