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Chapter 4

           Hehaseatenfiveorsixchildren,arelativelyinsignificantnumber,nodoubt,butremarkableenoughfromanotherpointofview.Itismanifestthat,prickedbyremorseformyclientisreligious,inhisway,andhasaconscience,asIshallprovelateranddesiringtoextenuatehissinasfaraspossible,hehastriedsixtimesatleasttosubstitutelaynourishmentforclerical.Thatthiswasmerelyanexperimentwecanhardlydoubt:forifithadbeenonlyaquestionofgastronomicvariety,sixwouldhavebeentoofew;whyonlysix?Whynotthirty?Butifweregarditasanexperiment,inspiredbythefearofcommittingnewsacrilege,thenthisnumbersixbecomesintelligible.Sixattemptstocalmhisremorse,andtheprickingofhisconscience,wouldamplysuffice,fortheseattemptscouldscarcelyhavebeenhappyones.Inmyhumbleopinion,achildistoosmall;Ishouldsay,notsufficient;whichwouldresultinfourorfivetimesmorelaychildrenthanmonksbeingrequiredinagiventime.Thesin,lessenedontheonehand,wouldthereforebeincreasedontheother,inquantity,notinquality.Pleaseunderstand,gentlemen,thatinreasoningthus,Iamtakingthepointofviewwhichmighthavebeentakenbyacriminalofthemiddleages.Asformyself,amanofthelatenineteenthcentury,I,ofcourse,shouldreasondifferently;Isaysoplainly,andthereforeyouneednotjeeratmenormockme,gentlemen.Asforyou,general,itisstillmoreunbecomingonyourpart.

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