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The Egotist Becomes a Personage

           Grantedthathisgeneration,howeverbruisedanddecimatedfromthisVictorianwar,weretheheirsofprogress.Wavingasidepettydifferencesofconclusionswhich,althoughtheymightoccasionallycausethedeathsofseveralmillionsofyoungmen,mightbeexplainedawaysupposingthatafterallBernardShawandBernhardi,BonarLawandBethmann-Hollwegweremutualheirsofprogressifonlyinagreeingagainsttheduckingofwitcheswaivingtheantithesesandapproachingindividuallythesemenwhoseemedtobetheleaders,hewasrepelledbythediscrepanciesandcontradictionsinthementhemselves.

           Therewas,forexample,ThorntonHancock,respectedbyhalftheintellectualworldasanauthorityonlife,amanwhohadverifiedandbelievedthecodehelivedby,aneducatorofeducators,anadvisertoPresidentsyetAmoryknewthatthismanhad,inhisheart,leanedonthepriestofanotherreligion.

           AndMonsignor,uponwhomacardinalrested,hadmomentsofstrangeandhorribleinsecurityinexplicableinareligionthatexplainedevendisbeliefintermsofitsownfaith:ifyoudoubtedthedevilitwasthedevilthatmadeyoudoubthim.AmoryhadseenMonsignorgotothehousesofstolidphilistines,readpopularnovelsfuriously,saturatehimselfinroutine,toescapefromthathorror.

           Andthispriest,alittlewiser,somewhatpurer,hadbeen,Amoryknew,notessentiallyolderthanhe.

           Amorywasalonehehadescapedfromasmallenclosureintoagreatlabyrinth.

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