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Chapter 48

           Shehadnopresentimentthatthepowerwhichherhusbandwishedtoestablishoverherfutureactionhadrelationtoanythingelsethanhiswork.Butitwasclearenoughtoherthathewouldexpecthertodevoteherselftosiftingthosemixedheapsofmaterial,whichweretobethedoubtfulillustrationofprinciplesstillmoredoubtful.ThepoorchildhadbecomealtogetherunbelievingastothetrustworthinessofthatKeywhichhadmadetheambitionandthelaborofherhusband’slife.Itwasnotwonderfulthat,inspiteofhersmallinstruction,herjudgmentinthismatterwastruerthanhis:forshelookedwithunbiassedcomparisonandhealthysenseatprobabilitiesonwhichhehadriskedallhisegoism.Andnowshepicturedtoherselfthedays,andmonths,andyearswhichshemustspendinsortingwhatmightbecalledshatteredmummies,andfragmentsofatraditionwhichwasitselfamosaicwroughtfromcrushedruinssortingthemasfoodforatheorywhichwasalreadywitheredinthebirthlikeanelfinchild.Doubtlessavigorouserrorvigorouslypursuedhaskepttheembryosoftrutha-breathing:thequestofgoldbeingatthesametimeaquestioningofsubstances,thebodyofchemistryispreparedforitssoul,andLavoisierisborn.ButMr.

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