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Chapter XXXIII. Without The Walled City: The Slope Of The Years

           Thisremovesitatoncebeyondthespecialcareofthefounder.Itneedsnotsomuchforesightnowasdirection.Themanwanes,theneedcontinuesorgrows,andthefortune,fallenintowhosehandsitmay,continues.Hence,somemenneverrecognisetheturninginthetideoftheirabilities.Itisonlyinchancecases,whereafortuneorastateofsuccessiswrestedfromthem,thatthelackofabilitytodoastheydidformerlybecomesapparent.Hurstwood,setdownundernewconditions,wasinapositiontoseethathewasnolongeryoung.Ifhedidnot,itwasduewhollytothefactthathisstatewassowellbalancedthatanabsolutechangefortheworsedidnotshow.

           Nottrainedtoreasonorintrospecthimself,hecouldnotanalysethechangethatwastakingplaceinhismind,andhencehisbody,buthefeltthedepressionofit.Constantcomparisonbetweenhisoldstateandhisnewshowedabalancefortheworse,whichproducedaconstantstateofgloomor,atleast,depression.Now,ithasbeenshownexperimentallythataconstantlysubduedframeofmindproducescertainpoisonsintheblood,calledkatastates,justasvirtuousfeelingsofpleasureanddelightproducehelpfulchemicalscalledanastates.Thepoisonsgeneratedbyremorseinveighagainstthesystem,andeventuallyproducemarkedphysicaldeterioration.TotheseHurstwoodwassubject.

           Inthecourseoftimeittolduponhistemper.Hiseyenolongerpossessedthatbuoyant,searchingshrewdnesswhichhadcharacteriseditinAdamsStreet.Hisstepwasnotassharpandfirm.Hewasgiventothinking,thinking,thinking.

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