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A Loophole

           Ironclampsandgirders,fire-prooffromtoptobottom;mechanicalliftsforthehousemaids,withalltheirbrushesandbrooms;everythingthatheartcoulddesire.

           Everything?Well,Isupposeso.ThelittleGradgrindshadcabinetsinvariousdepartmentsofsciencetoo.Theyhadalittleconchologicalcabinet,andalittlemetallurgicalcabinet,andalittlemineralogicalcabinet;andthespecimenswereallarrangedandlabelled,andthebitsofstoneandorelookedasthoughtheymighthavebeenbrokenfromtheparentsubstancesbythosetremendouslyhardinstrumentstheirownnames;and,toparaphrasetheidlelegendofPeterPiper,whohadneverfoundhiswayintotheirnursery,IfthegreedylittleGradgrindsgraspedatmorethanthis,whatwasitforgoodgraciousgoodness’sake,thatthegreedylittleGradgrindsgraspedit!

           Theirfatherwalkedoninahopefulandsatisfiedframeofmind.Hewasanaffectionatefather,afterhismanner;buthewouldprobablyhavedescribedhimself(ifhehadbeenput,likeSissyJupe,uponadefinition)as‘aneminentlypractical’father.Hehadaparticularprideinthephraseeminentlypractical,whichwasconsideredtohaveaspecialapplicationtohim.WhatsoeverthepublicmeetingheldinCoketown,andwhatsoeverthesubjectofsuchmeeting,someCoketownerwassuretoseizetheoccasionofalludingtohiseminentlypracticalfriendGradgrind.Thisalwayspleasedtheeminentlypracticalfriend.Heknewittobehisdue,buthisduewasacceptable.

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