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Chapter 1

           Landinaswamp,marchthroughthewoods,andinsomeinlandpostfeelthesavagery,theuttersavagery,hadclosedroundhimallthatmysteriouslifeofthewildernessthatstirsintheforest,inthejungles,intheheartsofwildmen.There’snoinitiationeitherintosuchmysteries.Hehastoliveinthemidstoftheincomprehensible,whichisalsodetestable.Andithasafascination,too,thatgoestoworkuponhim.Thefascinationoftheabominationyouknow,imaginethegrowingregrets,thelongingtoescape,thepowerlessdisgust,thesurrender,thehate."

           Hepaused.

           "Mind,"hebeganagain,liftingonearmfromtheelbow,thepalmofthehandoutwards,sothat,withhislegsfoldedbeforehim,hehadtheposeofaBuddhapreachinginEuropeanclothesandwithoutalotus-flower"Mind,noneofuswouldfeelexactlylikethis.Whatsavesusisefficiencythedevotiontoefficiency.Butthesechapswerenotmuchaccount,really.Theywerenocolonists;theiradministrationwasmerelyasqueeze,andnothingmore,Isuspect.Theywereconquerors,andforthatyouwantonlybruteforcenothingtoboastof,whenyouhaveit,sinceyourstrengthisjustanaccidentarisingfromtheweaknessofothers.Theygrabbedwhattheycouldgetforthesakeofwhatwastobegot.Itwasjustrobberywithviolence,aggravatedmurderonagreatscale,andmengoingatitblindasisveryproperforthosewhotackleadarkness.

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