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Chapter 18

           TheaffairofthechaplaincyremainedasorepointinhismemoryasacaseinwhichthispettymediumofMiddlemarchhadbeentoostrongforhim.Howcouldamanbesatisfiedwithadecisionbetweensuchalternativesandundersuchcircumstances?Nomorethanhecanbesatisfiedwithhishat,whichhehaschosenfromamongsuchshapesastheresourcesoftheageofferhim,wearingitatbestwitharesignationwhichischieflysupportedbycomparison.

           ButMr.Farebrothermethimwiththesamefriendlinessasbefore.ThecharacterofthepublicanandsinnerisnotalwayspracticallyincompatiblewiththatofthemodernPharisee,forthemajorityofusscarcelyseemoredistinctlythefaultinessofourownconductthanthefaultinessofourownarguments,orthedulnessofourownjokes.ButtheVicarofSt.Botolph’shadcertainlyescapedtheslightesttinctureofthePharisee,andbydintofadmittingtohimselfthathewastoomuchasothermenwere,hehadbecomeremarkablyunliketheminthisthathecouldexcuseother;forthinkingslightlyofhim,andcouldjudgeimpartiallyoftheirconductevenwhenittoldagainsthim.

           "TheworldhasbeentostrongforME,Iknow,"hesaidonedaytoLydgate."ButthenIamnotamightymanIshallneverbeamanofrenown.ThechoiceofHerculesisaprettyfable;butProdicusmakesiteasyworkforthehero,asifthefirstresolveswereenough.Anotherstorysaysthathecametoholdthedistaff,andatlastworetheNessusshirt

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