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Chapter 14

           Wehadmuchseriousconversationonthissubjectofthetides;andJacktoldus,inhisownquiet,philosophicalway,thatthesetidesdidgreatgoodtotheworldinmanyways,particularlyinthewayofcleansingtheshoresoftheland,andcarryingoffthefilththatwasconstantlypouredintotheseatherefromwhich,Peterkinsuggested,wasremarkablytidyofittodo.PoorPeterkincouldneverletslipanopportunitytojoke,howeverinopportuneitmightbe,whichatfirstwefoundratheradisagreeablepropensity,asitofteninterruptedtheflowofveryagreeableconversationand,indeed,Icannottoostronglyrecordmydisapprobationofthistendencyingeneral;butwebecamesousedtoitatlastthatwefounditnointerruptionwhatever.Indeed,strangetosay,wecametofeelthatitwasanecessarypartofourenjoyment(suchistheforceofhabit),andfoundthesuddenoutburstsofmirth,resultingfromhishumorousdisposition,quitenaturalandrefreshingtousinthemidstofourmoreseriousconversations.ButImustnotmisrepresentPeterkin.Weoftenfound,tooursurprise,thatheknewmanythingswhichwedidnot;andIalsoobservedthatthosethingswhichhelearnedfromexperiencewereneverforgotten.FromallthesethingsIcameatlengthtounderstandthatthingsveryoppositeanddissimilarinthemselves,whenunited,domakeanagreeablewhole;as,forexample,wethreeonthisourisland,althoughmostunlikeinmanythings,whenunited,madeatriosoharmoniousthatIquestionifthereevermetbeforesuchanagreeabletriumvirate.

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