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Chapter 8

           Heturnedfromthesightofhumanignoranceandhumanfateandtheseaeatingthegroundwestandon,which,hadhebeenabletocontemplateitfixedlymighthaveledtosomething;andfoundconsolationintriflessoslightcomparedwiththeaugustthemejustnowbeforehimthathewasdisposedtoslurthatcomfortover,todeprecateit,asiftobecaughthappyinaworldofmiserywasforanhonestmanthemostdespicableofcrimes.Itwastrue;hewasforthemostparthappy;hehadhiswife;hehadhischildren;hehadpromisedinsixweeks’timetotalk"somenonsense"totheyoungmenofCardiffaboutLocke,Hume,Berkeley,andthecausesoftheFrenchRevolution.Butthisandhispleasureinit,hisgloryinthephraseshemade,intheardourofyouth,inhiswife’sbeauty,inthetributesthatreachedhimfromSwansea,Cardiff,Exeter,Southampton,Kidderminster,Oxford,Cambridgeallhadtobedeprecatedandconcealedunderthephrase"talkingnonsense,"because,ineffect,hehadnotdonethethinghemighthavedone.Itwasadisguise;itwastherefugeofamanafraidtoownhisownfeelings,whocouldnotsay,ThisiswhatIlikethisiswhatIam;andratherpitiableanddistastefultoWilliamBankesandLilyBriscoe,whowonderedwhysuchconcealmentsshouldbenecessary;whyheneededalwayspraise;whysobraveamaninthoughtshouldbesotimidinlife;howstrangelyhewasvenerableandlaughableatoneandthesametime.

           Teachingandpreachingisbeyondhumanpower,Lilysuspected.(Shewasputtingawayherthings.)

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