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           SomehowAmory’sdissatisfactionwithhislackofenthusiasmculminatedinanattempttoputtheblameforthewholewarontheancestorsofhisgeneration...allthepeoplewhocheeredforGermanyin1870....Allthematerialistsrampant,alltheidolizersofGermanscienceandefficiency.SohesatonedayinanEnglishlectureandheard"LocksleyHall"quotedandfellintoabrownstudywithcontemptforTennysonandallhestoodfor—forhetookhimasarepresentativeoftheVictorians.

           Victorians,Victorians,whoneverlearnedtoweep

           Whosowedthebitterharvestthatyourchildrengotoreap—

           scribbledAmoryinhisnote-book.ThelecturerwassayingsomethingaboutTennyson’ssolidityandfiftyheadswerebenttotakenotes.Amoryturnedovertoafreshpageandbeganscrawlingagain.

           "TheyshudderedwhentheyfoundwhatMr.Darwinwasabout,

           TheyshudderedwhenthewaltzcameinandNewmanhurriedout—"

           Butthewaltzcameinmuchearlier;hecrossedthatout.

           "AndentitledASongintheTimeofOrder,"cametheprofessor’svoice,droningfaraway."TimeofOrder"—GoodLord!EverythingcrammedintheboxandtheVictorianssittingonthelidsmilingserenely....WithBrowninginhisItalianvillacryingbravely:"All’sforthebest."Amoryscribbledagain.

           "Youkneltupinthetempleandhebenttohearyoupray,

           Youthankedhimforyour’gloriousgains’—reproachedhimfor

           ’Cathay.