Тесс з роду д’Ербервілей

Chapter 25

           TheNewTestamentwaslessaChristiadthenaPauliadtohisintelligencelessanargumentthananintoxication.Hiscreedofdeterminismwassuchthatitalmostamountedtoavice,andquiteamounted,onitsnegativeside,toarenunciativephilosophywhichhadcousinshipwiththatofSchopenhauerandLeopardi.HedespisedtheCanonsandRubric,sworebytheArticles,anddeemedhimselfconsistentthroughthewholecategorywhichinawayhemighthavebeen.Onethinghecertainlywassincere.

           Totheaesthetic,sensuous,paganpleasureinnaturallifeandlushwomanhoodwhichhissonAngelhadlatelybeenexperiencinginVarVale,histemperwouldhavebeenantipatheticinahighdegree,hadheeitherbyinquiryorimaginationbeenabletoapprehendit.OnceuponatimeAngelhadbeensounluckyastosaytohisfather,inamomentofirritation,thatitmighthaveresultedfarbetterformankindifGreecehadbeenthesourceofthereligionofmoderncivilization,andnotPalestine;andhisfather’sgriefwasofthatblankdescriptionwhichcouldnotrealizethattheremightlurkathousandthpartofatruth,muchlessahalftruthorawholetruth,insuchaproposition.HehadsimplypreachedausterelyatAngelforsometimeafter.Butthekindnessofhisheartwassuchthatheneverresentedanythingforlong,andwelcomedhissontodaywithasmilewhichwasascandidlysweetasachild’s.

           Angelsatdown,andtheplacefeltlikehome;yethedidnotsomuchasformerlyfeelhimselfoneofthefamilygatheredthere.

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