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Chapter 26

           WhathadIdone,Idemandedindignantlyofmyself,todeservethiswretchednesswhichnowealthcouldcure?whywasfatesounjust?Likeallmykind,IwasunabletodiscernthesmallyetstronglinksofthechainIhadmyselfwrought,andwhichboundmetomyownundoingIblamedfate,orratherGodandtalkedofinjustice,merelybecauseIpersonallysuffered,neverrealizingthatwhatIconsideredunjustwasbuttheequitablemeasuringforthofthatEternalLawwhichiscarriedoutwithasmathematicalanexactitudeasthemovementoftheplanets,notwithstandingman’spigmyeffortstoimpedeitsfulfilment.ThelightwindblowingdownfromthesnowpeaksabovemeruffledtheplacidityofthelittlelakebywhichIaimlesslystrolledIwatchedthetinyripplesbreakoveritssurfacelikethelinesoflaughteronahumanface,andwonderedmoroselywhetheritwasdeepenoughtodrownin!ForwhatwastheuseoflivingonknowingwhatIknew!KnowingthatshewhomIhadloved,andwhomIlovedstillinawaythatwashatefultomyself,wasathingvilerandmoreshamelessincharacterthantheveriestpoordrabofthestreetwhosellsherselfforcurrentcointhatthelovelybodyandangel-facewerebutanattractivedisguiseforthesoulofaharpyavultureofvice,...

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