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The Egotist Becomes a Personage
"Listentothat!That’swhatmakesmediscouragedwithprogress.Listentothat!Icannameoffhandoveronehundrednaturalphenomenathathavebeenchangedbythewillofman—ahundredinstinctsinmanthathavebeenwipedoutorarenowheldincheckbycivilization.Whatthismanherejustsaidhasbeenforthousandsofyearsthelastrefugeoftheassociatedmutton-headsoftheworld.Itnegatestheeffortsofeveryscientist,statesman,moralist,reformer,doctor,andphilosopherthatevergavehislifetohumanity’sservice.It’saflatimpeachmentofallthat’sworthwhileinhumannature.Everypersonovertwenty-fiveyearsoldwhomakesthatstatementincoldbloodoughttobedeprivedofthefranchise."
Thelittlemanleanedbackagainsttheseat,hisfacepurplewithrage.Amorycontinued,addressinghisremarkstothebigman.
"Thesequarter-educated,stale-mindedmensuchasyourfriendhere,whothinktheythink,everyquestionthatcomesup,you’llfindhistypeintheusualghastlymuddle.Oneminuteit’s’thebrutalityandinhumanityofthesePrussians’—thenextit’s’weoughttoexterminatethewholeGermanpeople.’Theyalwaysbelievethat’thingsareinabadwaynow,’butthey’haven’tanyfaithintheseidealists.’OneminutetheycallWilson’justadreamer,notpractical’—ayearlatertheyrailathimformakinghisdreamsrealities.Theyhaven’tclearlogicalideasononesinglesubjectexceptasturdy,stolidoppositiontoallchange.
