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           Question:Butyouthinkthattheirabolitionwoulddamageaclassofpractitioners?Answer:Ihavenodoubtofit.Question:Canyouinstanceanytypeofthatclass?Answer:Yes.IwouldunhesitatinglymentionMr.Vholes.Hewouldberuined.Question:Mr.Vholesisconsidered,intheprofession,arespectableman?Answer:"whichprovedfataltotheinquiryfortenyears"Mr.Vholesisconsidered,intheprofession,aMOSTrespectableman."Soinfamiliarconversation,privateauthoritiesnolessdisinterestedwillremarkthattheydon’tknowwhatthisageiscomingto,thatweareplungingdownprecipices,thatnowhereissomethingelsegone,thatthesechangesaredeathtopeoplelikeVholesamanofundoubtedrespectability,withafatherintheValeofTaunton,andthreedaughtersathome.Takeafewstepsmoreinthisdirection,saythey,andwhatistobecomeofVholes’sfather?Ishetoperish?AndofVholes’sdaughters?Aretheytobeshirt-makers,orgovernesses?Asthough,Mr.Vholesandhisrelationsbeingminorcannibalchiefsanditbeingproposedtoabolishcannibalism,indignantchampionsweretoputthecasethus:Makeman-eatingunlawful,andyoustarvetheVholeses!Inaword,Mr.Vholes,withhisthreedaughtersandhisfatherintheValeofTaunton,iscontinuallydoingduty,likeapieceoftimber,toshoreupsomedecayedfoundationthathasbecomeapitfallandanuisance.

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