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It is hardly necessary for me now to remark, seeing my narrative must already have suggested it, that what kept Gibbie pure and honest was the rarely developed, ever active love of his kind. IT IS HARDLY NECESSARY FOR ME NOW TO REMARK SEEING MY NARRATIVE MUST ALREADY HAVE SUGGESTED IT THAT WHAT KEPT GIBBEY PURE AND HONEST WAS THE RARELY DEVELOPED EVER ACTIVE LOVE OF HIS KIND
n cause that humanity to cease from its very name, must destroy its very being? To make the admission would be to assert that a house may be divided against itself, and yet stand. It is the noble, not the failure from the noble, that is the true human; and if I must show the failure, let it ever be with an eye to the final possible, yea, imperative, success. But in our day, a man who will accept any oddity of idiosyncratic development in manners, tastes, or habits, will refuse, not only as improbable, but as inconsistent with human nature, the representation of a man trying to be merely as noble as is absolutely essential to his being--except, indeed, he be at the same time represented as failing utterly in the attempt, and compelled to fall back upon the imperfections of humanity, and acknowledge them as its laws. Its improbability, judged by the experience of most men, I admit; its unreality in fact, I deny; and its absolute unity with the true idea of humanity, I believe and assert. RIFIED OR ABANDONED MUST SOON CAUSE THAT HUMANITY TO CEASE FROM ITS VERY NAME MUST DESTROY ITS VERY BEING TO MAKE THE ADMISSION WOULD BE TO ASSERT THAT A HOUSE MAY BE DIVIDED AGAINST ITSELF AND YET STAND IT IS THE NOBLE NOT THE FAILURE FROM THE NOBLE THAT IS THE TRUE HUMAN AND IF I MUST SHOW THE FAILURE LET IT EVER BE WITH AN EYE TO THE FINAL POSSIBLE YEA IMPERATIVE SUCCESS BUT IN OUR DAY A MAN WHO WILL ACCEPT ANY ODDITY OF IDIOSYNCRATIC DEVELOPMENT IN MANNERS TASTES OR HABITS WILL REFUSE NOT ONLY AS IMPROBABLE BUT AS INCONSISTENT WITH HUMAN NATURE THE REPRESENTATION OF A MAN TRYING TO BE MERELY AS NOBLE AS IS ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL TO HIS BEING EXCEPT INDEED HE BE AT THE SAME TIME REPRESENTED AS FAILING UTTERLY IN THE ATTEMPT AND COMPELLED TO FALL BACK UPON THE IMPERFECTIONS OF HUMANITY AND ACKNOWLEDGE THEM AS ITS LOSS ITS IMPROBABILITY JUDGED BY THE EXPERIENCE OF MOST MEN I HAD MEANT ITS UNREALITY IN FACT I DENY AND ITS ABSOLUTE UNITY WITH THE TRUE IDEA OF HUMANITY I BELIEVE AND ASSERT
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