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Chapter 3

           Havingoncemasteredthetruepositionandtakenafirmfootingthere,thevastfieldofmythicalconstructionsbecameintelligible,nay,luminouswiththereflectedlightofcorrespondences.Buttogatherinthisgreatharvestoftruthwasnolightorspeedywork.Hisnotesalreadymadeaformidablerangeofvolumes,butthecrowningtaskwouldbetocondensethesevoluminousstill-accumulatingresultsandbringthem,liketheearliervintageofHippocraticbooks,tofitalittleshelf.InexplainingthistoDorothea,Mr.Casaubonexpressedhimselfnearlyashewouldhavedonetoafellow-student,forhehadnottwostylesoftalkingatcommand:itistruethatwhenheusedaGreekorLatinphrasehealwaysgavetheEnglishwithscrupulouscare,buthewouldprobablyhavedonethisinanycase.Alearnedprovincialclergymanisaccustomedtothinkofhisacquaintancesasof"lords,knyghtes,andothernobleandworthimen,thatconneLatynbutlytille."

           Dorotheawasaltogethercaptivatedbythewideembraceofthisconception.Herewassomethingbeyondtheshallowsofladies’schoolliterature:herewasalivingBossuet,whoseworkwouldreconcilecompleteknowledgewithdevotedpiety;herewasamodernAugustinewhounitedthegloriesofdoctorandsaint.

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