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Chapter 56

           

           Intheabsenceofanypreciseideaastowhatrailwayswere,publicopinioninFrickwasagainstthem;forthehumanmindinthatgrassycornerhadnottheproverbialtendencytoadmiretheunknown,holdingratherthatitwaslikelytobeagainstthepoorman,andthatsuspicionwastheonlywiseattitudewithregardtoit.EventherumorofReformhadnotyetexcitedanymillennialexpectationsinFrick,therebeingnodefinitepromiseinit,asofgratuitousgrainstofattenHiramFord’spig,orofapublicanatthe"WeightsandScales"whowouldbrewbeerfornothing,orofanofferonthepartofthethreeneighboringfarmerstoraisewagesduringwinter.Andwithoutdistinctgoodofthiskindinitspromises,Reformseemedonafootingwiththebraggingofpedlers,whichwasahintfordistrusttoeveryknowingperson.ThemenofFrickwerenotill-fed,andwerelessgiventofanaticismthantoastrongmuscularsuspicion;lessinclinedtobelievethattheywerepeculiarlycaredforbyheaven,thantoregardheavenitselfasratherdisposedtotaketheminadispositionobservableintheweather.

           ThusthemindofFrickwasexactlyofthesortforMr.SolomonFeatherstonetoworkupon,hehavingmoreplenteousideasofthesameorder,withasuspicionofheavenandearthwhichwasbetterfedandmoreentirelyatleisure.

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