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JOHN: Oh, heavens! are you going to drag in fictional characters to illustrate your tirade? I feel the yawn coming. JOHN OH HEAVENS ARE YOU GOING TO DRAG IN FICTIONAL CHARACTERS TO ILLUSTRATE YOUR TIRADE I FEEL THE YAWN COMING
in the affairs of men sometimes it was perfectly childish to use it in dealing with God--and not only childish, but useless. JOHN: You would be honest with God! Tut, tut!--a pretty state of things! A theory like that could upset the world. ELINOR: _Tant pis!_--I am not talking of expediency. I am stating my beliefs. JOHN: Go ahead. ELINOR: I felt that because we had received this divine triple loan from God of understanding, apprehension, and emotion, with its branches of deduction, critical faculty, and appreciation--all things beyond the material--we at least owed Him something in return. You will admit, I suppose, that decent people do not accept the loan of a friend’s house and then utterly neglect and defile it? JOHN: It would be in shocking taste. ELINOR: Then doing the thousand-and-one actions which defile the soul are in shocking taste also. Don Quixote was infinitely nearer a true knowledge of the obligation entailed by the possession of this loan than any of us modern people!  ONE HAD TO ADMIT THE NECESSITY OF BLUFF IN THE AFFAIRS OF MEN SOMETIMES IT WAS PERFECTLY CHILDISH TO USE IT IN DEALING WITH GOD AND NOT ONLY CHILDISH BUT USELESS JOHN YOU WOULD BE HONEST WITH GOD TUT TUT A PRETTY STATE OF THINGS A THEORY THAT COULD UPSET THE WORLD ELEANOR TOMPEY I AM NOT TALKING OF EXPEDIENCY I AM STATING MY BELIEFS JOHN GO AHEAD ELEANOR I FELT THAT BECAUSE WE HAD RECEIVED THIS DIVINE TRIP ALONE FROM GOD OF UNDERSTANDING APPREHENSION AND EMOTION WITH ITS BRANCHES OF DEDUCTION CRITICAL FACULTY AND APPRECIATION ALL THINGS BEYOND THE MATERIAL WE AT LEAST OWED HIM SOMETHING IN RETURN YOU WILL ADMIT I SUPPOSE THAT DECENT PEOPLE DO NOT ACCEPT THE LOAN OF A FRIEND'S HOUSE AND THEN UTTERLY NEGLECT AND DEFILE IT JOHN IT WOULD BE IN SHOCKING TASTE ELEANOR THEN DOING THE THOUSAND AND ONE ACTIONS WHICH DEFILE THE SOUL ARE IN SHOCKING TASTE ALSO DON QUIXOTE WAS INFINITELY NEARER A TRUE RELIGION OF THE OBLIGATION ENTAILED BY THE POSSESSION OF THIS LOAN THAN ANY OF ITS MODERN PEOPLE
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