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Chapter 10

           Infact,theworldisfullofhopefulanalogiesandhandsomedubiouseggscalledpossibilities.Willsawclearlyenoughthepitiableinstancesoflongincubationproducingnochick,andbutforgratitudewouldhavelaughedatCasaubon,whoseploddingapplication,rowsofnote-books,andsmalltaperoflearnedtheoryexploringthetossedruinsoftheworld,seemedtoenforceamoralentirelyencouragingtoWill’sgenerousrelianceontheintentionsoftheuniversewithregardtohimself.Heheldthatreliancetobeamarkofgenius;andcertainlyitisnomarktothecontrary;geniusconsistingneitherinself-conceitnorinhumility,butinapowertomakeordo,notanythingingeneral,butsomethinginparticular.LethimstartfortheContinent,then,withoutourpronouncingonhisfuture.Amongallformsofmistake,prophecyisthemostgratuitous.

           ButatpresentthiscautionagainstatoohastyjudgmentinterestsmemoreinrelationtoMr.Casaubonthantohisyoungcousin.IftoDorotheaMr.Casaubonhadbeenthemereoccasionwhichhadsetalightthefineinflammablematerialofheryouthfulillusions,doesitfollowthathewasfairlyrepresentedinthemindsofthoselessimpassionedpersonageswhohavehithertodeliveredtheirjudgmentsconcerninghim?Iprotestagainstanyabsoluteconclusion,anyprejudicederivedfromMrs.Cadwallader’scontemptforaneighboringclergyman’sallegedgreatnessofsoul,orSirJamesChettam’spooropinionofhisrival’slegsfromMr.

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