Менсфілд Парк

Chapter IX

           Onedoesnotseemuchofthisinfluenceandimportanceinsociety,andhowcanitbeacquiredwheretheyaresoseldomseenthemselves?Howcantwosermonsaweek,evensupposingthemworthhearing,supposingthepreachertohavethesensetopreferBlair’stohisown,doallthatyouspeakof?governtheconductandfashionthemannersofalargecongregationfortherestoftheweek?Onescarcelyseesaclergymanoutofhispulpit.”

           “YouarespeakingofLondon,Iamspeakingofthenationatlarge.”

           “Themetropolis,Iimagine,isaprettyfairsampleoftherest.”

           “Not,Ishouldhope,oftheproportionofvirtuetovicethroughoutthekingdom.Wedonotlookingreatcitiesforourbestmorality.Itisnottherethatrespectablepeopleofanydenominationcandomostgood;anditcertainlyisnottherethattheinfluenceoftheclergycanbemostfelt.Afinepreacherisfollowedandadmired;butitisnotinfinepreachingonlythatagoodclergymanwillbeusefulinhisparishandhisneighbourhood,wheretheparishandneighbourhoodareofasizecapableofknowinghisprivatecharacter,andobservinghisgeneralconduct,whichinLondoncanrarelybethecase.Theclergyarelostthereinthecrowdsoftheirparishioners.Theyareknowntothelargestpartonlyaspreachers.Andwithregardtotheirinfluencingpublicmanners,MissCrawfordmustnotmisunderstandme,orsupposeImeantocallthemthearbitersofgood-breeding,theregulatorsofrefinementandcourtesy,themastersoftheceremoniesoflife.

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