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Chapter 2
Loyaltothehighestconstitutedpowerintheland,actuatedbyaninnateloveofrectitudehisaimswouldbethestrictmaintenanceofpublicorder,therepressionofmanyabusesthoughnotofallsimultaneously(everymeasureofreformorretrenchmentbeingapreliminarysolutiontobecontainedbyfluxioninthefinalsolution),theupholdingoftheletterofthelaw(common,statuteandlawmerchant)againstalltraversersincovinandtrespassersactingincontraventionofbylawsandregulations,allresuscitators(bytrespassandpettylarcenyofkindlings)ofvenvillerights,obsoletebydesuetude,allorotundinstigatorsofinternationalpersecution,allperpetuatorsofinternationalanimosities,allmenialmolestorsofdomesticconviviality,allrecalcitrantviolatorsofdomesticconnubiality.
Provethathehadlovedrectitudefromhisearliestyouth.
ToMasterPercyApjohnatHighSchoolin1880hehaddivulgedhisdisbeliefinthetenetsoftheIrish(protestant)church(towhichhisfatherRudolfVirag(laterRudolphBloom)hadbeenconvertedfromtheIsraeliticfaithandcommunionin1865bytheSocietyforpromotingChristianityamongthejews)subsequentlyabjuredbyhiminfavourofRomancatholicismattheepochofandwithaviewtohismatrimonyin1888.ToDanielMagraneandFrancisWadein1882duringajuvenilefriendship(terminatedbytheprematureemigrationoftheformer)hehadadvocatedduringnocturnalperambulationsthepoliticaltheoryofcolonial(e.g.Canadian)expansionandtheevolutionarytheoriesofCharlesDarwin,expoundedinTheDescentofManandTheOriginofSpecies.
