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           Hewasreallyanti-social,whichwaswhatCliffordandhiscronieshadagainsthim.Cliffordandhiscronieswerenotanti-social;theyweremoreorlessbentonsavingmankind,oroninstructingit,tosaytheleast.

           TherewasagorgeoustalkonSundayevening,whentheconversationdriftedagaintolove.

           ’BlestbethetiethatbindsOurheartsinkindredsomething-or-other’--

           saidTommyDukes.’I’dliketoknowwhatthetieis...Thetiethatbindsusjustnowismentalfrictionononeanother.And,apartfromthat,there’sdamnedlittletiebetweenus.Webustapart,andsayspitefulthingsaboutoneanother,likealltheotherdamnedintellectualsintheworld.Damnedeverybodies,asfarasthatgoes,fortheyalldoit.Elsewebustapart,andcoverupthespitefulthingswefeelagainstoneanotherbysayingfalsesugaries.It’sacuriousthingthatthementallifeseemstoflourishwithitsrootsinspite,ineffableandfathomlessspite.Alwayshasbeenso!LookatSocrates,inPlato,andhisbunchroundhim!Thesheerspiteofitall,justsheerjoyinpullingsomebodyelsetobits...Protagoras,orwhoeveritwas!AndAlcibiades,andalltheotherlittlediscipledogsjoininginthefray!ImustsayitmakesonepreferBuddha,quietlysittingunderabo-tree,orJesus,tellinghisdiscipleslittleSundaystories,peacefully,andwithoutanymentalfireworks.No,there’ssomethingwrongwiththementallife,radically.It’srootedinspiteandenvy,envyandspite.Yeshallknowthetreebyitsfruit.’

           ’Idon’tthinkwe’realtogethersospiteful,’protestedClifford.