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"Thou shalt hear the judgment of the dullard...." Thou hast always spoken the truth, thou great writer of ours; thou hast spoken it this time, also. "The judgment of the dullard and the laughter of the crowd."... Who is there that has not experienced both the one and the other? All this can and must be borne; and whosoever hath the strength, let him despise it.

For have not I too a compact all-enclosing Skin, whiter or dingier? "Strange enough how creatures of the human-kind shut their eyes to plainest facts; and by the mere inertia of Oblivion and Stupidity, live at ease in the midst of Wonders and Terrors. But indeed man is, and was always, a blockhead and dullard; much readier to feel and digest, than to think and consider.

It gives him the unadulterated trust of his employer and it arouses a certain admiration among his narrow circle of acquaintances. If this is true with the dullard, the weakling, then what must it mean when possessed by the great? We know, for instance, how the nation instinctively turned to General Washington when it came to choosing their President after the Revolutionary War.

And though he was broken and famished and mean of mind and wretched, a weakling in body and a dullard in soul; and though he lay there emaciated and gasping, a skeleton almost, moveless, half given over to dust and decay what did it matter? She loved him, loved him with that new and great love because he alone in all the world was her own.

She had with her eyes open promised to marry this Englishman fop! dullard! roisterer! insolent cub! so the rough words tumbled to my tongue.

If I'd had more brain, I might have managed the rest; but I'm a dullard too. They may well sneer at me. I think I will go away and bury myself somewhere among the people I ought to have lived among by rights. In some simple country place I might find those who know less than I do, and forget the rest; and perhaps be content enough in time. I shall never marry. I I suppose you know that, Delia."

Her mind was fit companion for his, and whenever he had a difficult problem on hand he would clarify it by explaining it to her; and be it known, you can never talk well to a dullard. And so Hannah the loyal resigned her position as governess, and brother and sister packed up and sailed away in the good ship "Asia" for India.

Fierce eyed and scant of breath, Beltane redoubled his blows, striving to beat his mocker to the earth, whereat he but laughed again, saying: "Look to thy long legs, dullard!" and forthwith smote Beltane upon the leg. "Now thine arm, slothful boy thy left arm!" and he smote Beltane upon the arm.

A dozen men risked drowning at this task while the others guarded the after cabin lest the pirates attempt a sally. These besieged rogues were given an interval in which to muster their force, organize a defense, and break into the magazine for muskets and powder and ball. Now Captain Wellsby was no dullard and he purposed to make short work of these vile pirates.

In the meantime, you had better go back to your wearisome uncomfortable Nature, and leave me to correct my proofs. CYRIL. Writing an article! That is not very consistent after what you have just said. VIVIAN. Who wants to be consistent? The dullard and the doctrinaire, the tedious people who carry out their principles to the bitter end of action, to the reductio ad absurdum of practice.