,,divorce                               
v]sus                                   
,,democracy                             
,,by                             ,g4 ,k4
 ,,*e/]ton                      ,repr9t$
 f 8,na%'s ,magaz9e0                    
,illu/ration3 ,,ihs                     
,loqure ut pr(ifiliis                   
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,,ss4 ,,pet]  ,,paul                    
,publi%]s to ! ,*ur* ( ,engl&           
#cb ,george ,/41 ,hanov] ,squ>e1        
& #cjb ,reg5t ,/41 ,w4                  
#aiaf          ,preface      ,i h be5   
ask$ to put =w>d 9 pamphlet =m ?is r    
ha/y  essay z x appe>$ 9 8,na%'s        
,magaz9e02 & ,i d s by ! k9d  p]mission 
( ! editor4 ,! r *aotic quality ( its   
j\rnalism  x is n[ impossible to alt]4  
,! convictions ^u :i* x is bas$  are    
unalt]$ & unalt]able4 ,inde$1 9 s f> z  
circum/ances h  s9ce affect$ !m1 !y are 

greatly /r5g!n$4 ,9 s f> z !re  0 some?+
 sporadic & seem+ly irrelevant 9 !      
writ+1 x 0  p>tly because ,i 0 cont5d+  
aga9/ an evil t 0 diffus$ &  indef9able1
 at once t5tative & ubiquit\s4 ,s9ce !n 
t disease  has come to a head & bur/2   
prim>ily 9 ! ,nor? ( ,europe4 ,by t     
hi/oric habit :i* g5]ally makes "o      
,european p !  /&>d-be>] ( a social     
t5d5cy1 :i* made ! ,empire a ,roman     
,empire & ! ,revolution a ,fr5*         
,revolution1 ! ,nor? ,g]mans h  become !
 peculi> *ampions ( t mod]n *ange :i*   
w\ld make !  ,/ate inf9itely sup]ior to 
! ,family4 ,x is ev5 ass]t$ t  ,prussian
 political au?ority is n[ enc\rag+ !    
ab&onm5t (  common morality = ! support 
( population2 & ev5 if ?is horrible  ?+ 
be untrue1 x is highly significant t x c
 be plausibly said  ( ,prussia1 &       
c]ta9ly ( no o!r ,*ri/ian ,/ate4 ,& 9 ! 
new  light ( action x is possible to    
trace m cle>ly ! tr5d t[>ds  divorce1 z 
also t tr5d t[>ds ! o!r pagan in/itution
 (  slav]y1 :i* w\ld c]ta9ly h          

accompani$ x4 ,b ! enslav+  =ce 9       
,europe /ruck too e>ly2 & ! :ole movem5t
 has be5  br\ght to a /&/ill4    ,! same
 circum/ances h giv5 an importance to a 
=mula ( my own  :i* ,i /ill ?9k r       
important4 ,x may be summ>is$ z !       
patriotism ( ! h\sehold4 ,9 ! exp]i5ce (
 nationality we d n  admit t any excess 
( despair c come into ! same logical _w 
z  des]tion4 ,no am\nt ( trag$y ne$     
am\nt to treason4 ,! ,*ri/ian  view (   
m>riage conceives ( ! home z self-gov]n+
 9 a mann]  analog\s to an indep5d5t    
/ate2 t is1 t x may include int]nal     
re=m & ev5 int]nal rebellion2 b because 
( ! bond1 n aga9/  x4 ,9 ?is way x is   
itself a sort ( /&+ re=m] ( ! ,/ate2  = 
! ,/ate is judg$ by :e!r its arrangem5ts
 be> helpfully or  be> h>dly on ! human 
fulness & f]tility ( ! free family4 ,?us
  ! ,wick$ ,t5 9 ,rome 7 condemn$ & ca/ 
d[n because _! public  p[]s p]mitt$ a   
wrong aga9/ ! purity ( a private family4
 ,?us  ! m$ival revolt aga9/ ! ,poll    
,tax began by ! au?ority ( an  (ficial  

insult+ ! au?ority ( a fa!r4 ,m5 d n n[1
 any m  ?an !n1 become s9less by receiv+
 a po/ 9 a bureaucracy2 & if  ! dome/ic 
affairs ( ! poor 7 once put into ! h&s (
 m]e  lawy]s & inspectors1 ! poor w\ld  
soon f9d !mselves 9 positions  f :i* !re
 is no exit save by ! sword ( ,virg9ius 
& !  hamm] ( ,wat ,tyl]4 ,z = ! section 
( ! ri* :o are /ill  seek+ a s]vile     
solution1 !y1 ( c\rse1 are /ill seek+ ! 
ext5sion ( divorce4 ,x is only 8divide  
et imp]a02 & !y want !  division ( sex =
 ! division ( lab\r4 ,! v same economic 
calculation :i* makes !m enc\rage       
tyranny 9 ! %op makes !m  enc\rage      
lic5ce 9 ! family4 ,b n[ ! free families
 ( five great  nations h ris5 aga9/ !m2 
& _! plot has fail$4                    
,g4 ,k4 ,,*e/]ton          ,divorce     
v]sus ,democracy      ,on ?is "q (      
divorce ,i d n pr(ess to be imp>tial1 = 
,i h  nev] p]ceiv$ any intellig5t mean+ 
9 ! ^w4 ,i m]ely 7& mo/  mode/ly7 pr(ess
 to be "r4 ,i also pr(ess to be         
repres5tative3 t  is1 democratic4 ,n[1  

"o may believe 9 democracy or disbelieve
 9 x4  ,x w\ld be grossly unfair to     
conceal ! fact t !re are  difficulties  
on bo? sides4 ,! difficulty ( believ+ 9 
democracy is  t x is s h>d to believe--l
 ,god & mo/ o!r good ?+s4 ,!  difficulty
 ( disbeliev+ 9 democracy is t !re is   
no?+ else to  believe 94 ,i mean !re is 
no?+ else on e>? or 9 e>?ly  politics4  
,unless an ari/ocracy is select$ by     
gods1 x mu/ be select$  by m54 ,x may be
 negatively & passively p]mitt$1 b ei!r 
heav5  or humanity mu/ p]mit x2 o!rwise 
x has no m moral au?ority  ?an a lucky  
pickpocket4 ,x is baby talk to talk ab\t
 8,sup]m50 or  8,nature's ,ari/ocracy0  
or 8,! ,wise ,few40 8,! ,wise ,few0 mu/ 
be ei!r  ^? :om o!rs ?9k wise--:o are   
(t5 fools2 or ^? :o ?9k  !mselves       
wise--:o are always fools4    ,well1 if 
"o happ5s to believe 9 democracy z ,i d1
 z a l>ge tru/  9 ! active & passive    
judgm5t ( ! human consci5ce1 "o c h  no 
hesitation1 no 8imp>tiality10 ab\t "o's 
view ( divorce2 &  especially ab\t "o's 

view ( ! ext5sion ( divorce among !     
democracy4 ,a democrat 9 any s5se mu/   
reg>d t ext5sion z !  la/ & vile/ ( !   
insults (f]$ by ! mod]n ri* to ! mod]n  
poor4 ,! ri* d l>gely believe 9 divorce2
 ! poor d ma9ly believe  9 fidelity4 ,b 
! mod]n ri* are p[]ful & ! mod]n poor   
are  p[]less4 ,!re=e = ye>s & decades   
pa/ ! ri* h be5  prea*+ _! own virtues4 
,n[ t !y h begun to prea* _!  vices too1
 ,i ?9k x is "t to kick4    ,!re is "o  
enorm\s & elem5t>y objection to !       
popul>is+ (  divorce1 :i* comes be=e any
 consid]ation ( ! nature ( m>riage4  ,x 
is l an alphabet 9 lett]s too l>ge to be
 se54 ,x is ?is3 ,t  ev5 if ! democracy 
approv$ ( divorce z /rongly & deeply z !
  democracy does 79 fact7 disapprove (  
x--any man ( common s5se mu/  "k t      
n[adays ! ?+ w be work$ probably aga9/ !
  democracy1 b q c]ta9ly by !           
plutocracy4 ,p seem to =get  t 9 a      
society :]e p[] goes ) weal? & :]e weal?
 is 9 an  extreme /ate ( inequality1    
ext5d+ ! p[]s ( ! law means  some?+     

entirely diff]5t f ext5d+ ! p[]s ( !    
public4  ,!y seem to =get t !re is a    
great deal ( diff]5ce betwe5  :at laws  
def9e & :at laws d4 ,a poor woman 9 a   
poor public-h\se  0 brok5 ) a ru9\s f9e 
= giv+ a *ild a sip ( %&y-gaff4  ,nobody
 suppos$ t ! law v]bally /igmatis$ !    
action = be+  done by a poor p]son 9 a  
poor public-h\se4 ,b mo/ c]ta9ly nobody 
w d>e to pret5d t a ri* man giv+ a boy a
 sip ( *ampagne  w\ld h be5 puni%$ s    
heavily--or puni%$ at all4 ,i h se5 !   
?+ done frequ5tly 9 c\ntry h\ses2 & my  
ho/ & ho/ess w\ld  h be5 v mu* surpris$ 
if ,i _h gone outside & telephon$ =  !  
police4 ,! law !oretically condemns any 
"o :o tries to  fru/rate ! police or ev5
 fails to assi/ !m4 ,yet ! ri*  motori/s
 are all[$ to keep up an organis$ s]vice
 ( anti-police  detectives--we>+ a      
conspicu\s uni=m--= ! av[$ purpose (    
%[+ motori/s h[ to avoid capture4 ,no "o
 supposes aga9 t !  law says 9 s _m     
words t ! "r to organise = ! evasion (  
laws is a privilege ( ! ri* b n ( !     

poor4 ,b take ! same  practical te/4    
,:at w\ld ! police say1 :at w\ld ! _w   
say1 if  m5 /ood ab\t ! /reets 9 gre5 & 
yell[ uni=ms1 notori\sly  = ! purpose ( 
w>n+ pickpockets ( ! pres5ce ( a        
pla9-clo!s (fic]8 ,:at w\ld ! _w say if 
recognis$ (ficials  9 peak$ caps wat*$  
by night to w>n a burgl> t ! police 7   
wait+ = him8 ,yet !re is no di/9ction ( 
pr9ciple betwe5 !  evasion ( t          
police-trap & ! o!r police-trap--!      
police-trap  :i* prev5ts a motori/ f    
kill+ a *ild l a *ick52 :i*  prev5ts !  
mo/ frivol\s k9d ( murd]1 ! mo/ pite\s  
k9d (  sudd5 dea?4    ,well1 ! ,poor    
,man's ,divorce ,law w be appli$ exactly
 z all ^!  o!rs are appli$4 ,ev]ybody   
mu/ "k t x w\ld mean 9 practice  t      
well-dress$ m51 doctors1 magi/rates1 &  
inspectors1 w\ld h  m p[] ov] ! family  
lives ( ill-dress$ m51 navvies1 plumb]s1
  & potm54 ,nobody c h ! impud5ce to    
pret5d t x w\ld mean  t navvies1        
plumb]s1 & potm5 w\ld 7ei!r individually
 or  collectively7 h m p[] ov] ! family 

lives ( doctors1  magi/rates1 &         
inspectors4 ,nobody d>e ass]t t because 
divorce is  a ,/ate affair1 !re=e ! poor
 citiz5 w h any p[]1 direct  or         
indirect1 to divorce a du*ess f a duke  
or a bank] f a  bank]'s wife4 ,b no "o w
 call x inconceivable t ! p[] (  ri*    
families ov] poor families1 :i* is      
already great1 ! p[] (  ! duke z l&lord1
 ! p[] ( ! bank] z money-l5d]1 might be 
consid]ably increas$ by arm+ magi/rates 
) m p[]s (  int]f]5ce 9 private life4 ,=
 ! dukes & bank]s (t5 are  magi/rates1  
always ! fri5ds & relatives (           
magi/rates4 ,!  navvies are n4 ,! navvy 
w be ! subject ( ! new exp]im5ts2       
c]ta9ly nev] ! exp]im5tali/4 ,x is !    
poor man :o w %[ to  ! imag9ative eye ( 
sci5ce all ^? horrors :i*1 accord+ to   
newspap] correspond5ts1 cry al\d =      
divorce--drunk5ness1 madness1  cruelty1 
incurable disease4 ,if he is sl[ 9 work+
 = 8 ma/]1 he  w be 8defective40 ,if he 
is worn out by work+ = 8 ma/]1 he  w be 
8deg5]ate40 ,if he1 at "s p>ticul>      

opportunity1 pref]s to  "w = himself to 
work+ = 8 ma/]1 he w be obvi\sly insane4
  ,if he nev] has any opportunity (     
work+ = any ma/]s he w be               
8unemployable40 ,all ! bitt]            
emb>rassm5ts & entanglem5ts  incid5tal  
to extreme pov]ty w be us$ to break     
conjugal happ9ess1  z !y are already us$
 to break p>5tal au?ority4 ,m>riage w be
  call$ a failure :]ev] x is a /ruggle2 
j z p>5ts 9 mod]n  ,engl& are s5t to    
prison = neglect+ ! *ildr5 :om !y _c    
af=d to fe$4    ,i w take b "o in/ance (
 ! enormity & sill9ess :i* is  really   
impli$ 9 ^! proposals = ! ext5sion (    
divorce4 ,take !  case quot$ by _m      
contributors to ! discussion 9 !        
pap]s--!  case ( :at is call$ 8cruelty40
 ,n[ :at is ! real mean+ ( ?is  z reg>ds
 ! prosp]\s & z reg>ds ! /ruggl+ classes
 ( !  community8 ,let u take ! prosp]\s 
classes fir/4 ,e "o kn[s  t ^? :o are   
really to be describ$ z g5tlem5 all     
pr(ess a  p>ticul> tradition1 p>tly     
*ivalr\s1 p>tly m]ely mod]n &  ref9$--a 

tradition aga9/ 8lay+ h&s ^u a woman1   
save 9 a way  ( k9dness40 ,i d n mean t 
a g5tleman hates ! c[+ ( a woman  by    
brute =ce3 any "o mu/ hate t4 ,i mean he
 has a ritual1 taboo  k9d ( feel+ ab\t !
 lay+ on ( a f+]4 ,if a g5tleman 7real  
or  imitation7 has /ruck 8 wife ev] s   
lightly1 he feels he has done "o  ( ^?  
?+s t ?rill ! ?\ghts ) ! notion ( a     
bord]-l9e2 some?+ l say+ ! ,"l's ,pray] 
backw>ds1 t\*+  a hot kettle1 rev]s+ !  
crucifix1 or 8break+ ! pl$ge40 ,!  wife 
may =give ! husb& m easily = ?is ?an =  
_m ?+s2  b ! husb& w f9d x h>d to =give 
himself4 ,x is a purely  class s5tim5t1 
l ! poor folks' dislike ( hospitals4    
,:at is !  effect ( ?is class s5tim5t on
 divorce among ! high] classes8    ,!   
fir/ effect1 ( c\rse1 is greatly to     
assi/ ^? fak$ divorces  s common among !
 fa%ionable4 ,i mean t :]e !re is a     
collusion1  a small pat or pu% c be     
rememb]$1 exagg]at$1 or inv5t$2 & yet   
seem to ! solemn judges a v solemn ?+ 9 
p ( _! own  social class4 ,b outside ^! 

cases1 ! te/ is n :olly  inappropriate z
 appli$ to ! ri*] classes4 ,=1 all      
g5tlem5  feel+ or affect+ ?is special   
horror1 x does really look bad if a     
g5tleman has brok5 ?r\gh x2 x does look 
l madness or a p]sonal  hatr$ &         
p]secution4 ,x may ev5 look l worse ?+s4
 ,if a man  ) luxuri\s habits1 9 arti/ic
 surr\nd+s1 is cruel to 8 wife1  x may  
be connect$ ) "s p]v]sion ( sex cruelty1
 su* z 0  alleg$ 7,i "k n h[ truly7 9 ! 
case ( ! millionaire ,?aw4 ,we  ne$ n   
d5y t su* cases are cases = sep>ation1  
if n =  divorce4    ,b ?is te/ (        
te*nical cruelty1 :i* is r\gh & ready z 
appli$  to ! ri*1 is absolutely mad &   
mean+less z appli$ to ! poor4 ,a  poor  
woman does n judge h] husb& z a bully by
 :e!r he has ev]  hit out4 ,"o might z  
well say t a s*oolboy judges :e!r ano!r 
s*oolboy is a bully by :e!r he has ev]  
hit out4 ,! poor wife1 l  ! s*oolboy1   
judges him z a bully by :e!r he is a    
bully4 ,%e kn[s  t :ile wife-beat+ may  
really be a crime1 wife-hitt+ is        

sometimes  v l j self-def5ce4 ,no "o    
kn[s bett] ?an %e does t h]  husb& (t5  
has a great deal to put up )2 sometimes 
%e means him  to2 sometimes %e is       
ju/ifi$4 ,%e comes & tells all ?is to   
magi/rates aga9 & aga92 9 police c\rt   
aft] police c\rt wom5  ) black eyes try 
to expla9 ! ?+ to judges ) no eyes4 ,9  
/reet aft] /reet wom5 turn 9 ang] on !  
hapless knight-errant :o  has int]rupt$ 
an in/antane\s misund]/&+4 ,9 ^! p's    
lives ! rooms are cr[d$1 ! temp]s are   
torn to rags1 ! natural  exits are      
=bidd54 ,9 su* societies x is z         
abom9able to puni% or  divorce p = a bl[
 z x w\ld be to puni% or divorce a      
g5tleman = slamm+ ! door4 ,yet :o c     
d\bt1 if ev] divorce is  appli$ to !    
populace1 x w\ld be appli$ 9 ! _s :i*   
takes  ! bl[ q s]i\sly8 ,if any "o d\bts
 x1 he does n "k :at  _w he is liv+ 94  
,x is common to meet n[adays m5 :o talk 
( :at !y call ,free ,love  z if x 7     
some?+ l ,free ,silv]--a new & +5i\s    
political  s*eme4 ,!y seem to =get t x  

is z easy to judge :at x w\ld be  l z to
 judge ( :at legal m>riage w\ld be l4   
8,free ,love0 has  be5 go+ on 9 e t[n & 
village s9ce ! beg9n+ ( !  _w2 & ! fir/ 
fact t e man ( ! _w kn[s ab\t x is  pla9
 en\gh4 ,x nev] does produce any ( !    
wild purity & p]fect  fre$om its fri5ds 
attribute to x4 ,if any pap] _h ! pluck 
to head  a column 8,is ,concub9age a    
,failure80 in/ead ( 8,is ,m>riage a     
,failure80  ! answ] 8,yes0 w\ld be giv5 
by ! p]sonal memory ( _m m51 &  by !    
hi/oric memory ( all4 ,mod]n p          
p]petually quote "s wild  expression (  
monks 9 ! wild]ness 7:5 a :ole          
civilisation 0  madd5$ by remorse7 ab\t 
! p]il\s quality ( ,woman1 ab\t h[ %e  0
 a spectre & a s]p5t & a de/roy+ fire4  
,probably !  e/abli%m5t ( nuns1 situat$ 
a few miles (f1 describ$ ,man also z a  
s]p5t & a spectre2 b _! works h n come  
d[n to u4    ,n[ all ?is old-_w wit     
aga9/ ,b5$ick ! m>ri$ man 0 s5sible     
en\gh4 ,b s 0 ! ba*elorhood ( ! old     
monks1 :o said x1  s5sible en\gh4 ,x is 

p]fectly true t to entangle y\rself )   
ano!r s\l 9 ! mo/ t5d] & tragic degree  
is to make1 9 all  rational possibility1
 a m>tyr or a fool ( y\rself4 ,mo/ ( !  
mod]n  d5unciations ( m>riage might h   
be5 copi$ direct f ! madde/  ( ! monki% 
di>ies4 ,! attack on m>riage is an      
argum5t =  celibacy4 ,x is n an argum5t 
= divorce4 ,= t entanglem5t :i*         
celibacy av[$ly avoids1 divorce m]ely   
r$uplicates & repeats4 ,x  may h be5 a  
sort ( solemn com=t to a g5tleman (     
,africa to  reflect t he _h no wife4 ,x 
_c be any?+ b a discom=t to a  g5tleman 
( ,am]ica to wond] :i* wife he really   
has4 ,if progress  means1 z 9 ! ludicr\s
 def9ition ( ,h]b]t ,sp5c]1 8an advance 
f ! simple to ! complex10 !n c]ta9ly    
divorce is a "p (  progress4 ,no?+ c be 
conceiv$ m complex ?an ! condition ( a  
man :o has settl$ d[n f9ally f\r or five
 times4 ,no?+ c be  conceiv$ m complex  
?an ! position ( a pr(ligate :o has n   
only _h t5 liaisons1 b t5 legal         
liaisons4 ,!re is a real s5se  9 :i*    

free love might free m54 ,b fre] divorce
 w\ld cat* !m 9  ! mo/ complicat$ net   
ev] wov5 9 ?is wick$ _w4    ,! trag$y ( 
love is 9 love1 n 9 m>riage4 ,!re is no 
unhappy  m>riage t might n be an equally
 unhappy concub9age1 or a f> m  unhappy 
s$uction4 ,:e!r ! tie be legal or no1   
matt]s some?+ to  ! fai?less p>ty2 x    
matt]s no?+ to ! fai?ful "o4 ,! pa?os   
reposes ^u ! p]fectly simple fact t if  
any "o delib]ately  provokes ei!r       
passions or affections1 he is           
responsible = !m z  long z !y g on1 z ! 
man is responsible = lett+ loose a flood
  or sett+ fire to a city4 ,8 rem$y is n
 to provoke !m1 l !  h]mit4 ,8 puni%m5t1
 :5 he des]ves puni%m5t1 is to sp5d !   
re/ ( 8 life 9 try+ to undo any ill he  
has done4 ,8 escape is  despair--:i* is 
call$1 9 ?is connection1 divorce4 ,= e  
heal?y  man feels "o fundam5tal fact 9 8
 s\l4 ,he feels t he mu/ h  a life1 & n 
a s]ies ( lives4 ,he w\ld r ! human     
drama 7  a trag$y ?an t x 7 a s]ies (   
,music-hall ,turns & ,pott$  ,plays4 ,a 

man wi%es to save ! s\ls ( all ! m5 t he
 has be53  ( ! dirty little s*oolboy2 ( 
! d\btful & morbid y\?2 ( !  lov]2 ( !  
husb&4 ,re-inc>nation has always seem$  
to me a cold  cre$2 because ea*         
inc>nation mu/ =get ! o!r4 ,x w\ld be   
worse  /ill if ?is %ort human life 7    
brok5 up into yet %ort] lives1  ea* (   
:i* 0 9 its turn =gott54    ,if y are a 
democrat :o likes also to be an hone/   
man--if 79 o!r  words7 y want to "k :at 
! p want & n m]ely :at y c  someh[      
induce !m to ask =--!n !re is no d\bt at
 all t ?is  is :at !y want4 ,y c only   
realise x by look+ = human nature       
else:]e ?an 9 election reports2 b :5 y h
 once look$ = x  y see x & y nev] =get  
x4 ,f ! fact t e "o ?9ks  x natural t "y
 m5 & wom5 %\ld c>ve names on trees1 to 
!  fact t e "o ?9ks x unnatural t old m5
 & wom5 %\ld be  sep>at$ 9 workh\ses1   
millions & millions ( daily details     
prove  t p d reg>d ! relation z normally
 p]man5t2 n z a  vision1 b z a v[4      
,n[ = ! exceptions1 true or false4 ,i   

w\ld note a /range & ev5  silly ov]sight
 9 ! discussion ( su* exceptions1 :i*   
has haunt$  mo/ argum5ts = fur!r        
divorce4 ,! ord9>y emancipat$ prig or   
poet :o urges ?is side ( ! "q always    
talks to "o tune4  8,m>riage may be !   
be/ = mo/ m510 he says1 8b !re are      
exceptional natures t dem& a m undulat+ 
exp]i5ce2 con/ancy  w d = ! common h]d1 
b !re are complex natures & complex     
cases :]e no "o c\ld recomm5d con/ancy4 
,i d n ask 7at !  pres5t ,/age (        
,progress7 = ! abolition ( m>riage2 ,i  
h]eby ask  t x may be remitt$ 9 su*     
individual & extreme examples40    ,n[ x
 is p]fectly a/\nd+ to me t any "o :o   
has walk$ ab\t  ?is _w %\ld make su* a  
blund] ab\t ! bre$ we call mank9d4      
,surely x is pla9 en\gh t if y ask =    
dreadful exceptions1 y  w get !m--too _m
 ( !m4 ,let me take once aga9 a r\gh    
p>able4  ,suppose ,i adv]tis$ 9 ! pap]s 
t ,i _h a place = any "o :o  0 too /upid
 to be a cl]k4 ,probably ,i %\ld receive
 no replies2  possibly "o4 ,possibly    

also 7nay1 probably7 x w\ld be f ! "o   
man  :o 0 n /upid at all4 ,b suppose ,i 
_h adv]tis$ t ,i _h a  place = any "o :o
 0 too clev] to be a cl]k4 ,my (fice    
w\ld be  in/antly besieg$ by all ! mo/  
hopeless fools 9 ! f\r k+doms4  ,to     
adv]tise = exceptions is simply to      
adv]tise = egoi/s4 ,to  adv]tise =      
egoi/s is to adv]tise = idiots4 ,x is   
exactly ! bore  :o does ?9k t 8 case is 
int]e/+4 ,x is precisely ! really       
common p]son :o does ?9k t 8 case is    
uncommon4 ,x is always !  dull man :o   
does ?9k himself r wild4 ,to ask solely 
= /range  exp]i5ces ( ! s\l is simply to
 let loose all ! imbecile asylums  ab\t 
"o's e>s4 ,:atev] o!r !ory is "r1 ?is   
!ory ( !  exceptions is obvi\sly        
wrong--or 7:at matt]s m to our mod]n    
a!i/s7 is obvi\sly unbus9esslike4 ,x is1
 moreov]1 to any "o )  popul> political 
sympa?ies1 a v deep & subtle sort (     
treason4 ,by  ?us putt+ a premium on !  
exceptional we grossly deceive !        
unconsci\sness ( ! normal4 ,x seems     

/rangely =gott5 t !  indiff]5ce ( a     
nation is sacr$ z well z its diff]5ces4 
,ev5  public apa?y is a k9d ( public    
op9ion--& 9 _m cases a v  s5sible k9d4  
,if ,i ask ev]ybody to vote ab\t ,m9]al 
,meals & d n  get a s+le ballot-pap]    
return$1 ,i may say t ! citiz5s h n     
vot$4 ,b !y h4    ,! pr9ciple held by ! 
populace1 aga9/ :i* ?is plutocratic     
conspiracy is be+ eng9e]$1 is simply !  
pr9ciple express$ 9 !  ,pray] ,book 9 ! 
words 8= bett]1 = worse40 ,x is !       
pr9ciple  t all noble ?+s h to be paid  
=1 ev5 if y only pay = !m  ) a promise4 
,"o does n take "o's int]e/ out ( ,engl&
 z "o  takes x out ( ,consols4 ,a man is
 n an ,engli%man unless he c endure  ev5
 ! decay & dea? ( ,engl&4 ,& j z e      
citiz5 is a  pot5tial soldi]1 s e wife  
or husb& is a pot5tial hospital         
nurse--or ev5 asylum att5dant4 ,= ?\gh  
we %\ld all approve (  c]ta9 trag$ies   
be+ mitigat$ by a celibate              
sep>ation--yet ! m  real love & hon\r   
!re has be5 9 ! m>riage1 ! less real    

mitigation !re w be 9 ! p>t+4 ,b ?is    
s\nd public in/9ct  bo? ab\t patriotism 
& m>riage also insi/s t ! fir/ v[ or    
obligation %all be mitigat$1 n m]ely    
eras$ & =gott54 ,_m a  good woman has   
lov$ & refus$ a d\btful man1 ) ! proviso
 t  %e w\ld m>ry no "o else2 ! old      
in/itution ( m>riage has !  same feel+  
ab\t ! trag$y t is po/-matrimonial4 ,!  
?+  rema9s real2 x b9ds "o to some?+4   
,if ,i am exil$ f ,engl& ,i  w g & live 
on an isl& some:]e & be z jolly z ,i c4 
,i w  n become a patriot ( any o!r l&4  
,illu/ration