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The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft
·
George Gissing
157
That
my
own
aim
indicated
an
ideal
which
is
the
best
for
all
to
pursue,
I
am
far
from
maintaining.
It
may
be
so,
or
not;
I
have
long
known
the
idleness
of
advocating
reform
on
a
basis
of
personal
predilection.
Enough
to
set
my
own
thoughts
in
order,
without
seeking
to
devise
a
new
economy
for
the
world.
But
it
is
much
to
see
clearly
from
one's
point
of
view,
and
therein
the
evil
days
I
have
treasured
are
of
no
little
help
to
me.
If
my
knowledge
be
only
subjective,
why,
it
only
concerns
myself;
I
preach
to
no
one.
Upon
another
man,
of
origin
and
education
like
to
mine,
a
like
experience
of
hardship
might
have
a
totally
different
effect;
he
might
identify
himself
with
the
poor,
burn
to
the
end
of
his
life
with
the
noblest
humanitarianism.
I
should
no
further
criticize
him
than
to
say
that
he
saw
with
other
eyes
than
mine.
A
vision,
perhaps,
larger
and
more
just.
But
in
one
respect
he
resembles
me.
If
ever
such
a
man
arises,
let
him
be
questioned;
it
will
be
found
that
he
once
made
a
meal
of
blackberries--and
mused
upon
it.
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