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The Egotist Considers
TheytoldhiminallearnestnessthathehadamindlikeShelley’s,andfeaturedhisultrafreefreeverseandprosepoetryintheNassauLiteraryMagazine.ButTanaduke’sgeniusabsorbedthemanycolorsoftheage,andhetooktotheBohemianlife,totheirgreatdisappointment.HetalkedofGreenwichVillagenowinsteadof"noon-swirledmoons,"andmetwintermuses,unacademic,andcloisteredbyForty-secondStreetandBroadway,insteadoftheShelleyandream-childrenwithwhomhehadregaledtheirexpectantappreciation.SotheysurrenderedTanaduketothefuturists,decidingthatheandhisflamingtieswoulddobetterthere.TomgavehimthefinaladvicethatheshouldstopwritingfortwoyearsandreadthecompleteworksofAlexanderPopefourtimes,butonAmory’ssuggestionthatPopeforTanadukewaslikefoot-easeforstomachtrouble,theywithdrewinlaughter,andcalleditacoin’stosswhetherthisgeniuswastoobigortoopettyforthem.
AmoryratherscornfullyavoidedthepopularprofessorswhodispensedeasyepigramsandthimblefulsofChartreusetogroupsofadmirerseverynight.Hewasdisappointed,too,attheairofgeneraluncertaintyoneverysubjectthatseemedlinkedwiththepedantictemperament;hisopinionstookshapeinaminiaturesatirecalled"InaLecture-Room,"whichhepersuadedTomtoprintintheNassauLit.
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