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Involving another Journey, and an Antiquarian Discovery; Recording Mr. Pickwick’s Determination to b

           Stumps,beinglittleinthehabitoforiginalcomposition,andmoreaccustomedtobeguidedbythesoundofwordsthanbythestrictrulesoforthography,hadomittedtheconcluding‘L’ofhisChristianname.

           ThePickwickClub(asmighthavebeenexpectedfromsoenlightenedaninstitution)receivedthisstatementwiththecontemptitdeserved,expelledthepresumptuousandill-conditionedBlottonfromthesociety,andvotedMr.Pickwickapairofgoldspectacles,intokenoftheirconfidenceandapprobation:inreturnforwhich,Mr.Pickwickcausedaportraitofhimselftobepainted,andhungupintheclubroom.

           Mr.Blottonwasejectedbutnotconquered.Healsowroteapamphlet,addressedtotheseventeenlearnedsocieties,nativeandforeign,containingarepetitionofthestatementhehadalreadymade,andrathermorethanhalfintimatinghisopinionthattheseventeenlearnedsocietiesweresomany‘humbugs.’Hereupon,thevirtuousindignationoftheseventeenlearnedsocietiesbeingroused,severalfreshpamphletsappeared;theforeignlearnedsocietiescorrespondedwiththenativelearnedsocieties;thenativelearnedsocietiestranslatedthepamphletsoftheforeignlearnedsocietiesintoEnglish;theforeignlearnedsocietiestranslatedthepamphletsofthenativelearnedsocietiesintoallsortsoflanguages;andthuscommencedthatcelebratedscientificdiscussionsowellknowntoallmen,asthePickwickcontroversy.

           ButthisbaseattempttoinjureMr

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