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It was all that was left to him for proof or pride, yet the past glories of Pharaohs were nothing to him as he thought of it. Small wonder then that he came back to it on the morrow of his return. IT WAS ALL THAT WAS LEFT TO HIM FOR PROOF OR PRIDE YET THE PAST GLORIES OF PHARAOHS WERE NOTHING TO HIM AS HE THOUGHT OF IT SMALL WONDER THEN THAT HE CAME BACK TO IT ON THE MORROW OF HIS RETURN
, for a year; he visited the depths of Asia, spending himself on scenes of romantic interest, of superlative sanctity; but what was present to him everywhere was that for a man who had known what _he_ had known the world was vulgar and vain. The state of mind in which he had lived for so many years shone out to him, in reflexion, as a light that coloured and refined, a light beside which the glow of the East was garish cheap and thin. The terrible truth was that he had lost--with everything else--a distinction as well; the things he saw couldn't help being common when he had become common to look at them. He was simply now one of them himself--he was in the dust, without a peg for the sense of difference; and there were hours when, before the temples of gods and the sepulchres of kings, his spirit turned for nobleness of association to the barely discriminated slab in the London suburb. That had become for him, and more intensely with time and distance, his one witness of a past glory. HE STAYED AWAY AFTER THIS FOR A YEAR HE VISITED THE DEPTHS OF ASIA SPENDING HIMSELF ON SCENES OF ROMANTIC INTEREST OF SUPERLATIVE SANCTITY BUT WHAT WAS PRESENT TO HIM EVERYWHERE WAS THAT FOR A MAN WHO HAD KNOWN WHAT HE HAD KNOWN THE WORLD WAS VULGAR AND VAIN THE STATE OF MIND IN WHICH HE HAD LIVED FOR SO MANY YEARS SHONE OUT TO HIM IN REFLECTION AS A LIGHT THAT COLORED AND REFINED A LIGHT BESIDE WHICH THE GLOW OF THE EAST WAS GARISH CHEAP AND THIN THE TERRIBLE TRUTH WAS THAT HE HAD LOST WITH EVERYTHING ELSE A DISTINCTION AS WELL THE THINGS HE SAW COULDN'T HELP BEING COMMON WHEN HE HAD BECOME COMMON TO LOOK AT THEM HE WAS SIMPLY NOW ONE OF THEM HIMSELF HE WAS IN THE DUST WITHOUT A PEG FOR THE SENSE OF DIFFERENCE AND THERE WERE HOURS WHEN BEFORE THE TEMPLES OF GODS AND THE SEPULCHRES OF KINGS HIS SPIRIT TURNED FOR NOBLENESS OF ASSOCIATION TO THE BARELY DISCRIMINATED SLAB IN THE LONDON SUBURB THAT HAD BECOME FOR HIM AND MORE INTENSELY WITH TIME AND DISTANCE HIS ONE WITNESS OF A PAST GLORY
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