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The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft
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George Gissing
17
It
does
not
mean
that
my
larger
sympathies
are
blunted.
By
going
to
certain
places,
looking
upon
certain
scenes,
I
could
most
effectually
destroy
all
the
calm
that
life
has
brought
me.
If
I
hold
apart
and
purposely
refuse
to
look
that
way,
it
is
because
I
believe
that
the
world
is
better,
not
worse,
for
having
one
more
inhabitant
who
lives
as
becomes
a
civilized
being.
Let
him
whose
soul
prompts
him
to
assail
the
iniquity
of
things,
cry
and
spare
not;
let
him
who
has
the
vocation
go
forth
and
combat.
In
me
it
would
be
to
err
from
Nature's
guidance.
I
know,
if
I
know
anything,
that
I
am
made
for
the
life
of
tranquillity
and
meditation.
I
know
that
only
thus
can
such
virtue
as
I
possess
find
scope.
More
than
half
a
century
of
existence
has
taught
me
that
most
of
the
wrong
and
folly
which
darken
earth
is
due
to
those
who
cannot
possess
their
souls
in
quiet;
that
most
of
the
good
which
saves
mankind
from
destruction
comes
of
life
that
is
led
in
thoughtful
stillness.
Every
day
the
world
grows
noisier;
I,
for
one,
will
have
no
part
in
that
increasing
clamour,
and,
were
it
only
by
my
silence,
I
confer
a
boon
on
all.
How
well
would
the
revenues
of
a
country
be
expended,
if,
by
mere
pensioning,
one-fifth
of
its
population
could
be
induced
to
live
as
I
do!
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