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An Hour of Defeat

           Thereafterforalongtimeheconfinedhimselfstrictlytosuchacquaintancesashecouldmakethroughagents,brokers,andmanufacturerswhodidbusinesswithhim,andwhooccasionallyinvitedhimtooneformofbacchanalianfeastoranother.

           Astimewentonhebecamewiser,if,alas,alittlemoreeager.Byassociationwithmerchantsandsomesuperiorpoliticianswhomhechancedtoencounter,andbecausethewardinwhichhelivedhappenedtobeapivotalone,hebegantospeakpubliclyonoccasionandtogatherdimlytheimportofthatlogicwhichseeslifeasapaganwild,andreligionandconventionastheformsmanputsonorofftosuithisfancy,mood,andwhimsduringtheonwarddriftoftheages.NotforChaffeeThayerSlusstograspthetruemeaningofitall.Hisbrainwasnotbigenough.Menledduallives,itwastrue;butsaywhatyouwould,andinthefaceofhisownerringconduct,thiswasverybad.OnSunday,whenhewenttochurchwithhiswife,hefeltthatreligionwasessentialandpurifying.Inhisownbusinesshefoundhimselffrequentlyconfrontedbyvariouslittleflawsoflogicrelatingtoundueprofits,misrepresentations,andthelike;butsaywhatyouwould,neverthelessandnotwithstanding,GodwasGod,moralitywassuperior,thechurchwasimportant.Itwaswrongtoyieldtoone’simpulses,ashefounditsofascinatingtodo.Oneshouldbebetterthanhisneighbor,orpretendtobe.

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