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far more vital and worthy of attention than the folk who "cannot read Dickens"  you will find, I say, a note of an idea which he never afterward developed, running to this effect: "Full length portrait of his lordship, surrounded by worshippers. FAR MORE VITAL AND WORTHY OF ATTENTION THAN THE FOLK WHO CANNOT READ DICKENS YOU WILL FIND I SAY A NOTE OF AN IDEA WHICH HE NEVER AFTERWARD DEVELOPED RUNNING TO THIS EFFECT FULL LENGTH PORTRAIT OF HIS LORDSHIP SURROUNDED BY WORSHIPPERS
never objected to any men quite so much. And now they've gone and behaved decently with the deliberate purpose of annoying me! Oh!" cried the Colonel, and shook an immaculate, withered old hand toward the spring sky, "may they be qualified with such and such adjectives!" And that, so far as we are concerned, was the end of Margaret's satellites. My dear Mrs. Grundy, may one point the somewhat obvious moral? I thank you, madam, for your long-suffering kindness. Permit me, then, to vault toward my moral over the shoulders of a greater man. Among the papers left by one Charles Dickens--a novelist who is obsolete now because he "wallows naked in the pathetic" and was frequently guilty of a very vulgar sort of humour that actually made people laugh, which, as we now know, is not the purpose of humour--a novelist who incessantly "caricatured Nature" and by these inartistic and underhand methods created characters that are more real to us than the folk we jostle in the street and (God knows!)  DOUBLE THE MONEY I TELL YOU I NEVER OBJECTED TO ANY MEN QUITE SO MUCH AND NOW THEY'VE GONE AND BEHAVED DECENTLY WITH THE DELIBERATE PURPOSE OF ANNOYING ME OH CRIED THE COLONEL AND SHOOK AN IMMACULATE WITHERED OLD HAND TOWARD THE SPRING SKY MAY THEY BE QUALIFIED WITH SUCH AND SUCH ADJECTIVES AND THAT SO FAR AS WE ARE CONCERNED WAS THE END OF MARGARET'S SATELLITES MY DEAR MISSUS GRUNDY MAY ONE POINT THE SOMEWHAT OBVIOUS MORAL I THANK YOU MADAM FOR YOUR LONG SUFFERING KINDNESS PERMIT ME THEN TO VAULT TOWARD MY MORAL OVER THE SHOULDERS OF A GREATER MAN AMONG THE PAPERS LEFT BY ONE CHARLES DICKENS A NOVELIST WHO IS OBSOLETE NOW BECAUSE HE WALLOWS NAKED AND THE PATHETIC AND WAS FREQUENTLY GUILTY OF A VERY VULGAR SORT OF HUMOR THAT ACTUALLY MADE PEOPLE LAUGH WHICH AS WE NOW KNOW IS NOT THE PURPOSE OF HUMOUR A NOVELIST WHO INCESSANTLY CARICATURED NATURE AND BY THESE INARTISTIC AND UNDERHAND METHODS CREATED CHARACTERS THAT ARE MORE REAL TO US THAN THE FOLK WE JOSTLE IN THE STREET AND GOD KNOWS
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