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Henry Jekyll’s Full Statement of the Case
Itwasonthemoralside,andinmyownperson,thatIlearnedtorecognisethethoroughandprimitivedualityofman; Isawthat,ofthetwonaturesthatcontendedinthefieldofmyconsciousness,evenifIcouldrightlybesaidtobeeither,itwasonlybecauseIwasradicallyboth; andfromanearlydate,evenbeforethecourseofmyscientificdiscoverieshadbeguntosuggestthemostnakedpossibilityofsuchamiracle,Ihadlearnedtodwellwithpleasure,asabelovedday-dream,onthethoughtoftheseparationoftheseelements. Ifeach,Itoldmyself,couldbutbehousedinseparateidentities,lifewouldberelievedofallthatwasunbearable;theunjustdeliveredfromtheaspirationsmightgohisway,andremorseofhismoreuprighttwin; andthejustcouldwalksteadfastlyandsecurelyonhisupwardpath,doingthegoodthingsinwhichhefoundhispleasure,andnolongerexposedtodisgraceandpenitencebythehandsofthisextraneousevil. Itwasthecurseofmankindthattheseincongruousfagotswerethusboundtogetherthatintheagonisedwombofconsciousness,thesepolartwinsshouldbecontinuouslystruggling. How,then,weretheydissociated?
Iwassofarinmyreflectionswhen,asIhavesaid,aside-lightbegantoshineuponthesubjectfromthelaboratorytable. Ibegantoperceivemoredeeplythanithaseveryetbeenstated,thetremblingimmateriality,themist-liketransienceofthisseeminglysosolidbodyinwhichwewalkattired.
