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Chapter 42

           Itistruethatthislastmightbecalledhiscentralambition;buttherearesomekindsofauthorshipinwhichbyfarthelargestresultistheuneasysusceptibilityaccumulatedintheconsciousnessoftheauthoroneknowsoftheriverbyafewstreaksamidalong-gathereddepositofuncomfortablemud.ThatwasthewaywithMr.Casaubon’shardintellectuallabors.Theirmostcharacteristicresultwasnotthe"KeytoallMythologies,"butamorbidconsciousnessthatothersdidnotgivehimtheplacewhichhehadnotdemonstrablymeritedaperpetualsuspiciousconjecturethattheviewsentertainedofhimwerenottohisadvantageamelancholyabsenceofpassioninhiseffortsatachievement,andapassionateresistancetotheconfessionthathehadachievednothing.

           Thushisintellectualambitionwhichseemedtootherstohaveabsorbedanddriedhim,wasreallynosecurityagainstwounds,leastofallagainstthosewhichcamefromDorothea.Andhehadbegunnowtoframepossibilitiesforthefuturewhichweresomehowmoreembitteringtohimthananythinghismindhaddweltonbefore.

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