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Chapter 51

           MawmseywentupandboastedtohiswifethathehadbeenrathertoomanyforBrookeofTipton,andthathedidn’tmindsomuchnowaboutgoingtothepoll.

           Mr.BrookeonthisoccasionabstainedfromboastingofhistacticstoLadislaw,whoforhispartwasgladenoughtopersuadehimselfthathehadnoconcernwithanycanvassingexceptthepurelyargumentativesort,andthatheworkednomeanerenginethanknowledge.Mr.Brooke,necessarily,hadhisagents,whounderstoodthenatureoftheMiddlemarchvoterandthemeansofenlistinghisignoranceonthesideoftheBillwhichwereremarkablysimilartothemeansofenlistingitonthesideagainsttheBill.Willstoppedhisears.OccasionallyParliament,liketherestofourlives,eventooureatingandapparel,couldhardlygoonifourimaginationsweretooactiveaboutprocesses.Therewereplentyofdirty-handedmenintheworldtododirtybusiness;andWillprotestedtohimselfthathisshareinbringingMr.Brookethroughwouldbequiteinnocent.

           Butwhetherheshouldsucceedinthatmodeofcontributingtothemajorityontherightsidewasverydoubtfultohim.Hehadwrittenoutvariousspeechesandmemorandaforspeeches,buthehadbeguntoperceivethatMr.Brooke’smind,ifithadtheburthenofrememberinganytrainofthought,wouldletitdrop,runawayinsearchofit,andnoteasilycomebackagain.Tocollectdocumentsisonemodeofservingyourcountry,andtorememberthecontentsofadocumentisanother.No!theonlywayinwhichMr.

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