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The divinity-student was not quite up to the idea of the commonwealth, as our young friend the Marylander, for instance, understood it. He could not get rid of that notion of private property in truth, with the right to fence it in, and put up a sign-board, thus: ALL TRESPASSERS ARE WARNED OFF THESE GROUNDS!
So we must not blame the divinity-student, if he was overcome by those yearnings of human sympathy which predominate so much more in the sermons of the Master than in the writings of his successors, and which have made the parable of the Prodigal Son the consolation of mankind, as it has been the stumbling-block of all exclusive doctrines. Pray! said the Little Gentleman.
As the "O" revealed Giotto, as the one word "moi" betrayed the Stratford-atte-Bowe-taught Anglais, so all a man's antecedents and possibilities are summed up in a single utterance which gives at once the gauge of his education and his mental organization. Possibilities, Sir? said the divinity-student; can't a man who says Haöw? arrive at distinction?
The divinity-student turned towards me, looking mischievous. Can you tell me, he said, who wrote a song for a temperance celebration once, of which the following is a verse? Alas for the loved one, too gentle and fair The joys of the banquet to chasten and share! Her eye lost its light that his goblet might shine, And the rose of her cheek was dissolved in his wine! I did, I answered.
The divinity-student wished to know what I thought of affinities, as well as of antipathies; did I believe in love at first sight? Sir, said I, all men love all women. That is the prima-facie aspect of the case. The Court of Nature assumes the law to be, that all men do so; and the individual man is bound to show cause why he does not love any particular woman.
What I wanted to say about books is this: that there are times in which every active mind feels itself above any and all human books. I think a man must have a good opinion of himself, Sir, said the divinity-student, who should feel himself above Shakspeare at any time.
For this purpose I fixed my eyes on a certain divinity-student, with the intention of exchanging a few phrases, and then forcing my court-card, namely, The great end of being. I will thank you for the sugar, I said. Man is a dependent creature. It is a small favor to ask, said the divinity-student, and passed the sugar to me. Life is a great bundle of little things, I said.
As the "O" revealed Giotto, as the one word "moi" betrayed the Stratford atte-Bowe-taught Anglais, so all a man's antecedents and possibilities are summed up in a single utterance which gives at once the gauge of his education and his mental organization. Possibilities, Sir? said the divinity-student; can't a man who says Haow? arrive at distinction?
The question is, whether he'll meet you, said the young fellow John, rather smartly. The divinity-student had n't thought of that. However, he is a worthy young man, and I trust I have shown him in a kindly and respectful light.
To come back to what I began to speak of before, the divinity-student was exercised in his mind about the Little Gentleman, and, in the kindness of his heart, for he was a good young man, and in the strength of his convictions, for he took it for granted that he and his crowd were right, and other folks and their crowd were wrong, he determined to bring the Little Gentleman round to his faith before he died, if he could.
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