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Chapter XLIII

           Hehadviolentpassions,andonoccasiondesireseizedhisbodysothathewasdriventoanorgyoflust,buthehatedtheinstinctsthatrobbedhimofhisself-possession.Ithink,even,hehatedtheinevitablepartnerinhisdebauchery.Whenhehadregainedcommandoverhimself,heshudderedatthesightofthewomanhehadenjoyed.Histhoughtsfloatedthenserenelyintheempyrean,andhefelttowardsherthehorrorthatperhapsthepaintedbutterfly,hoveringabouttheflowers,feelstothefilthychrysalisfromwhichithastriumphantlyemerged.Isupposethatartisamanifestationofthesexualinstinct.Itisthesameemotionwhichisexcitedinthehumanheartbythesightofalovelywoman,theBayofNaplesundertheyellowmoon,andtheEntombmentofTitian.ItispossiblethatStricklandhatedthenormalreleaseofsexbecauseitseemedtohimbrutalbycomparisonwiththesatisfactionofartisticcreation.Itseemsstrangeeventomyself,whenIhavedescribedamanwhowascruel,selfish,brutalandsensual,tosaythathewasagreatidealist.Thefactremains.

           Helivedmorepoorlythananartisan.Heworkedharder.Hecarednothingforthosethingswhichwithmostpeoplemakelifegraciousandbeautiful.Hewasindifferenttomoney.Hecarednothingaboutfame.Youcannotpraisehimbecauseheresistedthetemptationtomakeanyofthosecompromiseswiththeworldwhichmostofusyieldto.Hehadnosuchtemptation.Itneverenteredhisheadthatcompromisewaspossible.HelivedinParismorelonelythanananchoriteinthedesertsofThebes

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