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HIM: For him I imagine it would perhaps have been better if he'd been the first of the two. ME: What you've just said is infinitely truer than you think. HIM FOR HIM I IMAGINE IT WOULD PERHAPS HAVE BEEN BETTER IF HE'D BEEN THE FIRST OF THE TWO ME WHAT YOU'VE JUST SAID IS INFINITELY TRUER THAN YOU THINK
d be drowned. ME: Gently, my dear fellow. Now, tell me--I won't take your uncle as an example. He's a hard man, brutal, inhuman, and miserly. He's a bad father, a bad husband, a bad uncle. And it's by no means clear that he's a man of genius who has pushed his art a long way, so that in ten years we'll be discussing his works. But what about Racine? He certainly had genius, and he didn't have much of a reputation as a good man. What about Voltaire? HIM: Don't press me on this question. I can give you an argument. ME: Which of these two options would you prefer--that Racine had been a good man, known for his business, like Briasson, or for his yardstick, like Barbier, getting his wife regularly pregnant every year with legitimate children, a good husband, a good father, a good uncle, a good neighbour, an honest merchant, but nothing more--or that he had been deceitful, treacherous, ambitious, envious, and nasty, but the author of Andromache, Britannicus, Iphigeneia, Phedre, and Athalie? D WHAT WOULD YOU CONCLUDE FROM THAT HIM HE SHOULD BE DROWNED ME GENTLY MY DEAR FELLOW NOW TELL ME I WON'T TAKE YOUR UNCLE AS AN EXAMPLE HE'S A HARD MAN BRUTAL AND HUMAN AND MISERLY HE'S A BAD FATHER A BAD HUSBAND A BAD UNCLE AND IT'S BY NO MEANS CLEAR THAT HE'S A MAN OF GENIUS WHO HAS PUSHED HIS ART A LONG WAY SO THAT IN TEN YEARS WE'LL BE DISCUSSING HIS WORKS BUT WHAT ABOUT RACINE HE CERTAINLY HAD GENIUS AND HE DIDN'T HAVE MUCH OF A REPUTATION AS A GOOD MAN WHAT ABOUT VOLTAIRE HIM DON'T PRESS ME ON THIS QUESTION I CAN GIVE YOU AN ARGUMENT ME WHICH OF THESE TWO OPTIONS WOULD YOU PREFER THAT RACINE HAD BEEN A GOOD MAN KNOWN FOR HIS BUSINESS LIKE BRIONSIN OR FOR HIS YARD STICK LIKE BARBIER GETTING HIS WIFE REGULARLY PREGNANT EVERY YEAR WITH LEGITIMATE CHILDREN A GOOD HUSBAND A GOOD FATHER A GOOD UNCLE A GOOD NEIGHBOR AN HONEST MERCHANT BUT NOTHING MORE OR THAT HE HAD BEEN DECEITFUL TREACHEROUS AMBITIOUS ENVIOUS AND NASTY BUT THE AUTHOR OF ANDROMACHE BRITANNNIKIS IVIGENIA PHEDRA AND ITALY
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