Autumn leaves . object. Could he, though loving chops ex-travagantly, not keep them to himself? More es-pecially, whatever he might think proper to do withmutton chops, the fellow ought to have spared thelady from being insulted with his oivn. Dogmatism, indeed, is the essence of such acharacter. Everything is considered as it toucheshim. Pleasure is not pleasant, unless he enjoysit; virtue is hardly virtuous, if it does not belongto his list of excellencies. Light itself is purer tohim when refracted by his particular atmosphere,and nothing is exactly as it ought to be, till it iscrushed or e
Autumn leaves . object. Could he, though loving chops ex-travagantly, not keep them to himself? More es-pecially, whatever he might think proper to do withmutton chops, the fellow ought to have spared thelady from being insulted with his oivn. Dogmatism, indeed, is the essence of such acharacter. Everything is considered as it toucheshim. Pleasure is not pleasant, unless he enjoysit; virtue is hardly virtuous, if it does not belongto his list of excellencies. Light itself is purer tohim when refracted by his particular atmosphere,and nothing is exactly as it ought to be, till it iscrushed or expanded into his standard. When an-other indulges in something, it is either vulgar orvicious. If he allows himself in the same, it is anelegant freedom or an eccentric taste, that accom- 136 AUTUMN LEAVES, panles genius. He cannot place himself in anothermans shoes, if he should die. To this there is oneexception: he stepped with pleasure into the oldshoes of a rich relation, who deceased and left hima EFFECT OF THE INCREASE OF GOLD. [written in 1853.]
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