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Chapter 18

           TheDoctorwasmorethansuspectedofhavingnoreligion,butsomehowMiddlemarchtoleratedthisdeficiencyinhimasifhehadbeenaLordChancellor;indeeditisprobablethathisprofessionalweightwasthemorebelievedin,theworld-oldassociationofclevernesswiththeevilprinciplebeingstillpotentinthemindsevenoflady-patientswhohadthestrictestideasoffrillingandsentiment.ItwasperhapsthisnegationintheDoctorwhichmadehisneighborscallhimhard-headedanddry-witted;conditionsoftexturewhichwerealsoheldfavorabletothestoringofjudgmentsconnectedwithdrugs.Atallevents,itiscertainthatifanymedicalmanhadcometoMiddlemarchwiththereputationofhavingverydefinitereligiousviews,ofbeinggiventoprayer,andofotherwiseshowinganactivepiety,therewouldhavebeenageneralpresumptionagainsthismedicalskill.

           Onthisgrounditwas(professionallyspeaking)fortunateforDr.Minchinthathisreligioussympathieswereofageneralkind,andsuchasgaveadistantmedicalsanctiontoallserioussentiment,whetherofChurchorDissent,ratherthananyadhesiontoparticulartenets.IfMr.Bulstrodeinsisted,ashewasapttodo,ontheLutherandoctrineofjustification,asthatbywhichaChurchmuststandorfall,Dr.Minchininreturnwasquitesurethatmanwasnotameremachineorafortuitousconjunctionofatoms;ifMrs.Wimpleinsistedonaparticularprovidenceinrelationtoherstomachcomplaint,Dr.

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