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Chapter 46

           ItisundeniablethatbutforthedesiretobewhereDorotheawas,andperhapsthewantofknowingwhatelsetodo,WillwouldnotatthistimehavebeenmeditatingontheneedsoftheEnglishpeopleorcriticisingEnglishstatesmanship:hewouldprobablyhavebeenramblinginItalysketchingplansforseveraldramas,tryingproseandfindingittoojejune,tryingverseandfindingittooartificial,beginningtocopy"bits"fromoldpictures,leavingoffbecausetheywere"nogood,"andobservingthat,afterall,self-culturewastheprincipalpoint;whileinpoliticshewouldhavebeensympathizingwarmlywithlibertyandprogressingeneral.Oursenseofdutymustoftenwaitforsomeworkwhichshalltaketheplaceofdilettanteismandmakeusfeelthatthequalityofouractionisnotamatterofindifference.

           Ladislawhadnowacceptedhisbitofwork,thoughitwasnotthatindeterminateloftiestthingwhichhehadoncedreamedofasaloneworthyofcontinuouseffort.Hisnaturewarmedeasilyinthepresenceofsubjectswhichwerevisiblymixedwithlifeandaction,andtheeasilystirredrebellioninhimhelpedtheglowofpublicspirit.InspiteofMr.CasaubonandthebanishmentfromLowick,hewasratherhappy;gettingagreatdealoffreshknowledgeinavividwayandforpracticalpurposes,andmakingthe"Pioneer"celebratedasfarasBrassing(nevermindthesmallnessofthearea;thewritingwasnotworsethanmuchthatreachesthefourcornersoftheearth).

           Mr.

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