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Mr. Bounderby

           

           Hisprideinhavingatanytimeofhislifeachievedsuchagreatsocialdistinctionastobeanuisance,anincumbrance,andapest,wasonlytobesatisfiedbythreesonorousrepetitionsoftheboast.

           ‘Iwastopullthroughit,Isuppose,Mrs.Gradgrind.WhetherIwastodoitornot,ma’am,Ididit.Ipulledthroughit,thoughnobodythrewmeoutarope.Vagabond,errand-boy,vagabond,labourer,porter,clerk,chiefmanager,smallpartner,JosiahBounderbyofCoketown.Thosearetheantecedents,andtheculmination.JosiahBounderbyofCoketownlearnthislettersfromtheoutsidesoftheshops,Mrs.Gradgrind,andwasfirstabletotellthetimeuponadial-plate,fromstudyingthesteepleclockofSt.Giles’sChurch,London,underthedirectionofadrunkencripple,whowasaconvictedthief,andanincorrigiblevagrant.TellJosiahBounderbyofCoketown,ofyourdistrictschoolsandyourmodelschools,andyourtrainingschools,andyourwholekettle-of-fishofschools;andJosiahBounderbyofCoketown,tellsyouplainly,allright,allcorrecthehadn’tsuchadvantagesbutletushavehard-headed,solid-fistedpeopletheeducationthatmadehimwon’tdoforeverybody,heknowswellsuchandsuchhiseducationwas,however,andyoumayforcehimtoswallowboilingfat,butyoushallneverforcehimtosuppressthefactsofhislife.’

           Beingheatedwhenhearrivedatthisclimax,JosiahBounderbyofCoketownstopped.Hestoppedjustashiseminentlypracticalfriend,stillaccompaniedbythetwoyoungculprits,enteredtheroom.

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