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Chapter 20

           Casaubon’sentirelynewviewofthePhilistinegodDagonandotherfish-deities,thinkingthathereaftersheshouldseethissubjectwhichtouchedhimsonearlyfromthesamehighgroundwhencedoubtlessithadbecomesoimportanttohim.Again,thematter-of-coursestatementandtoneofdismissalwithwhichhetreatedwhattoherwerethemoststirringthoughts,waseasilyaccountedforasbelongingtothesenseofhasteandpreoccupationinwhichsheherselfsharedduringtheirengagement.Butnow,sincetheyhadbeeninRome,withallthedepthsofheremotionrousedtotumultuousactivity,andwithlifemadeanewproblembynewelements,shehadbeenbecomingmoreandmoreaware,withacertainterror,thathermindwascontinuallyslidingintoinwardfitsofangerandrepulsion,orelseintoforlornweariness.HowfarthejudiciousHookeroranyotherherooferuditionwouldhavebeenthesameatMr.Casaubon’stimeoflife,shehadnomeansofknowing,sothathecouldnothavetheadvantageofcomparison;butherhusband’swayofcommentingonthestrangelyimpressiveobjectsaroundthemhadbeguntoaffectherwithasortofmentalshiver:hehadperhapsthebestintentionofacquittinghimselfworthily,butonlyofacquittinghimself.Whatwasfreshtohermindwaswornouttohis;andsuchcapacityofthoughtandfeelingashadeverbeenstimulatedinhimbythegenerallifeofmankindhadlongshrunktoasortofdriedpreparation,alifelessembalmmentofknowledge.

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