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And there was the shock lately given to his health always sadly present

with him He was certainly much revived; he had recovered all his

usual power of work: the illness ht still be twenty years of achievement before him, which

would justify the thirty years of preparation That prospect was ainst the hasty sneers of Carp &

Co the

toht, and

interrupted his diligent exploration To convince Carp of his ood deal of

indigestion, would be an agreeable accident of triues on earth and to all

eternity in heaven could not exclude from conte bliss could not nullify the bitter

savors of irritated jealousy and vindictiveness, it is the less

surprising that the probability of a transient earthly bliss for other

persons, when he hilory, had not a

potently sweetening effect If the truth should be that soht be large

opportunity for soone; and if

one of those people should be Will Ladislaw, Mr Casaubon objected so

strongly that it seemed as if the annoyance would make part of his

disembodied existence

This is a very bare and therefore a very inco the

case The human soul moves in many channels, and Mr Casaubon, we

know, had a sense of rectitude and an honorable pride in satisfying the

requirements of honor, which compelled him to find other reasons for