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Chapter 18

           "Wellsome‘transmigrated’soulsareloathsomeobjectstolookat;"hedeclaredimperturbably"Whentheyaredeprivedoftheirrespectabletwo-leggedfleshlycovering,itisextraordinarywhatachangetheinexorablelawofNaturemakesinthem!"

           "Whatnonsenseyoutalk,Lucio!"Isaidimpatiently"Howcanyouknowanythingaboutit!"

           Asuddenshadowpassedoverhisface,givingitastrangepallorandimpenetrability.

           "Haveyouforgotten"hesaidindeliberatelymeasuredaccents"thatyourfriendJohnCarrington,whenhewrotethatletterofintroductionIbroughtfromhimtoyou,toldyouinit,thatinallmattersscientificIwasan‘absolutemaster?’Inthese‘mattersscientific’youhavenottestedmyskillyetyouask‘howcanIknow?’IanswerthatIdoknowmanythingsofwhichyouareignorant.DonotpresumetoomuchonyourownintellectualcapabilitymyfriendlestIproveitnaught!lestIdemonstratetoyou,beyondallpossibilityofconsolingdoubt,thattheshredsandstrippingsofthatchangeyoucalldeath,areonlysomanyembryosofnewlifewhichyoumustlive,whetheryouwillorno!"

           Somewhatabashedbyhiswordsandstillmorebyhismanner,Isaid

           "Pardonme!Ispokeinhasteofcoursebutyouknowmytheories"

           "Mostthoroughly!"andhelaughed,withanimmediateresumptionofhisoldmanner"‘Everymanhisowntheory’isthefashionablemottoofthehour.

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