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The Beauwhistles weren't born in the Purple, you know, but they're getting there on the instalment system  so much down, and the rest when you feel like it. THE BEAUWHISTLES WEREN'T BORN IN THE PURPLE YOU KNOW BUT THEY'RE GETTING THERE ON THE INSTALMENT SYSTEM SO MUCH DOWN IN THE REST WHEN YOU FEEL LIKE IT
t_ occurred when poor dear Marion was born. The doctors said at the time that she couldn't live more than a fortnight, and she's been trying ever since to see if she could. Women are so opinionated. And then there's the Education Question--not that I can see that there's anything to worry about in that direction. To my mind, education is an absurdly over-rated affair. At least, one never took it very seriously at school, where everything was done to bring it prominently under one's notice. Anything that is worth knowing one practically teaches oneself, and the rest obtrudes itself sooner or later. The reason one's elders know so comparatively little is because they have to unlearn so much that they acquired by way of education before we were born. Of course I'm a believer in Nature-study; as I said to Lady Beauwhistle, if you want a lesson in elaborate artificiality, just watch the studied unconcern of a Persian cat entering a crowded salon, and then go and practise it for a fortnight. DDEN CALAMITY THAT OCCURRED WHEN POOR DEAR MARIAN WAS BORN THE DOCTOR SAID AT THE TIME THAT SHE COULDN'T LIVE MORE THAN A FORTNIGHT AND SHE'S BEEN TRYING EVER SINCE TO SEE IF SHE COULD WOMEN ARE SO OPINIONATED AND THEN THERE'S THE EDUCATION QUESTION NOT THAT I CAN SEE THAT THERE'S ANYTHING TO WORRY ABOUT IN THAT DIRECTION TO MY MIND EDUCATION IS AN ABSURDLY OVERRATED AFFAIR AT LEAST ONE NEVER TOOK IT VERY SERIOUSLY AT SCHOOL WHERE EVERYTHING WAS DONE TO BRING IT PROMINENTLY UNDER ONE'S NOTICE ANYTHING THAT IS WORTH KNOWING ONE PRACTICALLY TEACHES ONE'S SELF AND THE REST OBTRUDES ITSELF SOONER OR LATER THE REASON ONE'S ELDERS KNOW SO COMPARATIVELY LITTLE IS BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO UNLEARN SO MUCH THAT THEY ACQUIRED BY WAY OF EDUCATION BEFORE WE WERE BORN OF COURSE I'M A BELIEVER IN NATURE'S STUDY AS I SAID TO LADY BEAUWHISTLE IF YOU WANT A LESSON IN ELABORATE ARTIFICIALITY JUST WATCH THE STUDIED UNCONCERN OF A PERSIAN CAT ENTERING A CROWDED SALON AND THEN GO AND PRACTISE IT FOR A FORTNIGHT
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