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The Egotist Becomes a Personage

           Theydon’tthinkuneducatedpeopleshouldbehighlypaid,buttheywon’tseethatiftheydon’tpaytheuneducatedpeopletheirchildrenaregoingtobeuneducatedtoo,andwe’regoingroundandroundinacircle.Thatisthegreatmiddleclass!"

           Thebigmanwithabroadgrinonhisfaceleanedoverandsmiledatthelittleman.

           "You’recatchingitprettyheavy,Garvin;howdoyoufeel?"

           Thelittlemanmadeanattempttosmileandactasifthewholematterweresoridiculousastobebeneathnotice.ButAmorywasnotthrough.

           "Thetheorythatpeoplearefittogovernthemselvesrestsonthisman.Ifhecanbeeducatedtothinkclearly,concisely,andlogically,freedofhishabitoftakingrefugeinplatitudesandprejudicesandsentimentalisms,thenI’mamilitantSocialist.Ifhecan’t,thenIdon’tthinkitmattersmuchwhathappenstomanorhissystems,noworhereafter."

           "Iambothinterestedandamused,"saidthebigman."Youareveryyoung."

           "WhichmayonlymeanthatIhaveneitherbeencorruptednormadetimidbycontemporaryexperience.Ipossessthemostvaluableexperience,theexperienceoftherace,forinspiteofgoingtocollegeI’vemanagedtopickupagoodeducation."

           "Youtalkglibly."

           "It’snotallrubbish,"criedAmorypassionately."ThisisthefirsttimeinmylifeI’vearguedSocialism.It’stheonlypanaceaIknow.I’mrestless.Mywholegenerationisrestless.

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