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The Pickwickians

           

           ‘ThatthisAssociationcordiallyrecognisestheprincipleofeverymemberoftheCorrespondingSocietydefrayinghisowntravellingexpenses;andthatitseesnoobjectionwhatevertothemembersofthesaidsocietypursuingtheirinquiriesforanylengthoftimetheyplease,uponthesameterms.

           ‘ThatthemembersoftheaforesaidCorrespondingSocietybe,andareherebyinformed,thattheirproposaltopaythepostageoftheirletters,andthecarriageoftheirparcels,hasbeendeliberateduponbythisAssociation:thatthisAssociationconsiderssuchproposalworthyofthegreatmindsfromwhichitemanated,andthatitherebysignifiesitsperfectacquiescencetherein.’

           Acasualobserver,addsthesecretary,towhosenotesweareindebtedforthefollowingaccountacasualobservermightpossiblyhaveremarkednothingextraordinaryinthebaldhead,andcircularspectacles,whichwereintentlyturnedtowardshis(thesecretary’s)face,duringthereadingoftheaboveresolutions:tothosewhoknewthatthegiganticbrainofPickwickwasworkingbeneaththatforehead,andthatthebeamingeyesofPickwickweretwinklingbehindthoseglasses,thesightwasindeedaninterestingone.TheresatthemanwhohadtracedtotheirsourcethemightypondsofHampstead,andagitatedthescientificworldwithhisTheoryofTittlebats,ascalmandunmovedasthedeepwatersoftheoneonafrostyday,orasasolitaryspecimenoftheotherintheinmostrecessesofanearthenjar.

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