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There is more love in the world than anything else, for instance; but the best love and the individual in whom love is supreme are the rarest of all things. THERE IS MORE LOVE IN THE WORLD THAN ANYTHING ELSE FOR INSTANCE BUT THE BEST LOVE AND THE INDIVIDUAL IN WHOM LOVE IS SUPREME ARE THE RAREST OF ALL THINGS
. He regarded the doing of them much as he had looked upon his father’s drunkenness--as a pitiful necessity that overtook men--one from which there was no escape, and which caused a great need for Gibbies. Evil language and coarse behaviour alike passed over him, without leaving the smallest stain upon heart or conscience, desire or will. No one could doubt it who considered the clarity of his face and eyes, in which the occasional but not frequent expression of keenness and promptitude scarcely even ruffled the prevailing look of unclouded heavenly babyhood. If any one thinks I am unfaithful to human fact, and overcharge the description of this child, I on my side doubt the extent of the experience of that man or woman. I admit the child a rarity, but a rarity in the right direction, and therefore a being with whom humanity has the greater need to be made acquainted. I admit that the best things are the commonest, but the highest types and the best combinations of them are the rarest.  HE LIKED THEM LEAST HE REGARDED THE DOING OF THEM MUCH AS HE LOOKED UPON HIS FATHER'S DRUNKENNESS AS A PITIFUL NECESSITY THAT OVERTOOK MEN ONE FROM WHICH THERE WAS NO ESCAPE AND WHICH CAUSED A GREAT NEED FOR GIBBEYS EVIL LANGUAGE AND COARSE BEHAVIOUR ALIKE PASSED OVER HIM WITHOUT LEAVING THE SMALLEST STAIN UPON HEART OR CONSCIENCE DESIRE OR WILL NO ONE COULD DOUBT IT WHO CONSIDERED THE CLEARITY OF HIS FACE AND EYES IN WHICH THE OCCASIONAL BUT NOT FREQUENT EXPRESSION OF KEENNESS AND PROMPTITUDE SCARCELY EVEN RUFFLED THE PREVAILING LOOK OF UNCLOUDED HEAVENLY BABYHOOD IF ANY ONE THINKS I AM UNFAITHFUL TO HUMAN FACT AND OVERCHARGED THE DESCRIPTION OF THIS CHILD I ON MY SIDE DOUBT THE EXTENT OF THE EXPERIENCE OF THAT MAN OR WOMAN I ADMIT THE CHILD A RARITY BUT A RARITY IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AND THEREFORE A BEING WITH WHOM HUMANITY HAS THE GREATER NEED TO BE MADE ACQUAINTED I ADMIT THAT THE BEST THINGS ARE THE COMMONEST BUT THE HIGHEST TYPES AND THE BEST COMBINATIONS OF THEM ARE THE RAREST
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