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Gunpowder

           Wherewasthegreatdifferencebetweenthetwoschools,wheneachchainedherdowntomaterialrealities,andinspiredherwithnofaithinanythingelse?WhatwasthereinhersoulforJamesHarthousetodestroy,whichThomasGradgrindhadnurturedthereinitsstateofinnocence!

           Itwaseventheworseforheratthispass,thatinhermindimplantedtherebeforehereminentlypracticalfatherbegantoformitastrugglingdispositiontobelieveinawiderandnoblerhumanitythanshehadeverheardof,constantlystrovewithdoubtsandresentments.Withdoubts,becausetheaspirationhadbeensolaidwasteinheryouth.Withresentments,becauseofthewrongthathadbeendoneher,ifitwereindeedawhisperofthetruth.Uponanaturelongaccustomedtoself-suppression,thustornanddivided,theHarthousephilosophycameasareliefandjustification.Everythingbeinghollowandworthless,shehadmissednothingandsacrificednothing.Whatdiditmatter,shehadsaidtoherfather,whenheproposedherhusband.Whatdiditmatter,shesaidstill.Withascornfulself-reliance,sheaskedherself,Whatdidanythingmatterandwenton.

           Towardswhat?Stepbystep,onwardanddownward,towardssomeend,yetsogradually,thatshebelievedherselftoremainmotionless.AstoMr.Harthouse,whitherhetended,heneitherconsiderednorcared.Hehadnoparticulardesignorplanbeforehim:noenergeticwickednessruffledhislassitude.

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