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Chapter 35

           AnotherstrangerhadbeenbroughttosettleintheneighborhoodofMiddlemarch,butinthecaseofMr.RiggFeatherstonetherewasmorediscontentwithimmediatevisibleconsequencesthanspeculationastotheeffectwhichhispresencemighthaveinthefuture.NosoulwaspropheticenoughtohaveanyforebodingastowhatmightappearonthetrialofJoshuaRigg.

           AndhereIamnaturallyledtoreflectonthemeansofelevatingalowsubject.Historicalparallelsareremarkablyefficientinthisway.Thechiefobjectiontothemis,thatthediligentnarratormaylackspace,or(whatisoftenthesamething)maynotbeabletothinkofthemwithanydegreeofparticularity,thoughhemayhaveaphilosophicalconfidencethatifknowntheywouldbeillustrative.Itseemsaneasierandshorterwaytodignity,toobservethatsincethereneverwasatruestorywhichcouldnotbetoldinparables,whereyoumightputamonkeyforamargrave,andviceversawhateverhasbeenoristobenarratedbymeaboutlowpeople,maybeennobledbybeingconsideredaparable;sothatifanybadhabitsanduglyconsequencesarebroughtintoview,thereadermayhavethereliefofregardingthemasnotmorethanfigurativelyungenteel,andmayfeelhimselfvirtuallyincompanywithpersonsofsomestyle

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