ay. Give me a moment. I
SHOULD have some theory for that." A blither spectacle than the
vigour with which he sets about the taskit were hard to fancy. He is
possessed by a demoniac energywelding the elements for his lifeand
bending ideasas an athlete bends a horse-shoewith a visible and lively
effort. He hasin theorisinga compassan art; what I would call the
synthetic gusto; something of a Herbert Spencerwho should see the fun
of the thing. You are not boundand no more is heto place your
faith in these brand-new opinions. But some of them are right enough
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durable even for life; and the poorest serve for a cock shy - as when idle
peopleafter picnicsfloat a bottle on a pond and have an hour's
diversion ere it sinks. Whichever they areserious opinions or humours
of the momenthe still defends his ventures with indefatigable wit and
spirithitting savagely himselfbut taking punishment like a man. He
knows and never forgets that people talkfirst of allfor the sake of
talking; conducts himself in the ringto use the old slanglike a thorough
glutton and honestly enjoys a telling facer from his adversary.
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