MR CROTCHET
Sir, ancient sculpture is the
true school of modesty. But where the Greeks
had modesty, we have cant; where they had poetry, we
have cant; where they had patriotism, we have cant; where they
had any thing that exalts, delights, or adorns humanity, we have nothing but cant, cant, cant. And, sir, to show my
contempt for cant in all its shapes, I
have adorned
my house with the Greek Venus, in all her shapes, and am ready to fight her battle against all
the societies that ever were instituted for the suppression of truth and beauty.
THE REV DR
FOLLIOTT
My dear sir, I am afraid you are growing warm. Pray be cool. Nothing
contributes so much to good digestion as to be perfectly cool after
dinner.
Note: Today I explained to
Jane (again) that it’s a battle that’s part of a war, and that we didn’t start the
war, but we’re
going to win it and they’ll be sorry, or my name isn't Jack Reacher .
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