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           ShelookedroundtoseehowtheProfessorlikedit,andfoundhimlookingatherwiththegrimmestexpressionshehadeverseenhimwear.Heshookhisheadandbeckonedhertocomeaway,butshewasfascinatedjustthenbythefreedomofSpeculativePhilosophy,andkeptherseat,tryingtofindoutwhatthewisegentlemenintendedtorelyuponaftertheyhadannihilatedalltheoldbeliefs.

           Now,Mr.Bhaerwasadiffidentmanandslowtoofferhisownopinions,notbecausetheywereunsettled,buttoosincereandearnesttobelightlyspoken.AsheglancedfromJotoseveralotheryoungpeople,attractedbythebrilliancyofthephilosophicpyrotechnics,heknithisbrowsandlongedtospeak,fearingthatsomeinflammableyoungsoulwouldbeledastraybytherockets,tofindwhenthedisplaywasoverthattheyhadonlyanemptystickorascorchedhand.

           Heboreitaslongashecould,butwhenhewasappealedtoforanopinion,heblazedupwithhonestindignationanddefendedreligionwithalltheeloquenceoftruthaneloquencewhichmadehisbrokenEnglishmusicalandhisplainfacebeautiful.Hehadahardfight,forthewisemenarguedwell,buthedidn’tknowwhenhewasbeatenandstoodtohiscolorslikeaman.Somehow,ashetalked,theworldgotrightagaintoJo.Theoldbeliefs,thathadlastedsolong,seemedbetterthanthenew.Godwasnotablindforce,andimmortalitywasnotaprettyfable,butablessedfact.Shefeltasifshehadsolidgroundunderherfeetagain,andwhenMr.

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