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Chapter 15

           SuchwasLydgate’splanofhisfuture:todogoodsmallworkforMiddlemarch,andgreatworkfortheworld.

           Hewascertainlyahappyfellowatthistime:tobeseven-and-twenty,withoutanyfixedvices,withagenerousresolutionthathisactionshouldbebeneficent,andwithideasinhisbrainthatmadelifeinterestingquiteapartfromthecultusofhorsefleshandothermysticritesofcostlyobservance,whichtheeighthundredpoundslefthimafterbuyinghispracticewouldcertainlynothavegonefarinpayingfor.Hewasatastarting-pointwhichmakesmanyaman’scareerafinesubjectforbetting,iftherewereanygentlemengiventothatamusementwhocouldappreciatethecomplicatedprobabilitiesofanarduouspurpose,withallthepossiblethwartingsandfurtheringsofcircumstance,allthenicetiesofinwardbalance,bywhichamanswimsandmakeshispointorelseiscarriedheadlong.TheriskwouldremainevenwithcloseknowledgeofLydgate’scharacter;forcharactertooisaprocessandanunfolding.Themanwasstillinthemaking,asmuchastheMiddlemarchdoctorandimmortaldiscoverer,andtherewerebothvirtuesandfaultscapableofshrinkingorexpanding.Thefaultswillnot,Ihope,beareasonforthewithdrawalofyourinterestinhim.Amongourvaluedfriendsistherenotsomeoneorotherwhoisalittletooself-confidentanddisdainful;whosedistinguishedmindisalittlespottedwithcommonness;whoisalittlepinchedhereandprotuberanttherewithnative.

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