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Chapter 11
Itwasnowformorethanthemiddlespanofourallottedyearsthathehadpassedthroughthethousandvicissitudesofexistenceand,beingofawaryascendancyandselfamanofrareforecast,hehadenjoinedhishearttorepressallmotionsofarisingcholerand,byinterceptingthemwiththereadiestprecaution,fosterwithinhisbreastthatplenitudeofsufferancewhichbasemindsjeerat,rashjudgersscornandallfindtolerableandbuttolerable.Tothosewhocreatethemselveswitsatthecostoffemininedelicacy(ahabitofmindwhichheneverdidholdwith)tothemhewouldconcedeneithertobearthenamenortoheritthetraditionofaproperbreeding:whileforsuchthat,havinglostallforbearance,canlosenomore,thereremainedthesharpantidoteofexperiencetocausetheirinsolencytobeataprecipitateandingloriousretreat.Notbutwhathecouldfeelwithmettlesomeyouthwhich,caringnoughtforthemowsofdotardsorthegruntlingsofthesevere,isever(asthechastefancyoftheHolyWriterexpressesit)foreatingofthetreeforbidityetnotsofarforthastopretermithumanityuponanyconditionsoevertowardsagentlewomanwhenshewasaboutherlawfuloccasions.Toconclude,whilefromthesister’swordshehadreckoneduponaspeedydeliveryhewas,however,itmustbeowned,notalittlealleviatedbytheintelligencethattheissuesoauspicatedafteranordealofsuchduressnowtestifiedoncemoretothemercyaswellastothebountyoftheSupremeBeing.
