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Chapter 8

           "Hissympatheticimaginationwasflashinguponhisinnersightallthethousandsofdetailsoftheboy’sexistenceandofhisnarrowspiritualdevelopmentintoathirty-thousand-dollar-a-yearman. Withtheswiftnessandwide-reachingofmultitudinousthoughtCharlesButler’swholelifewastelescopeduponhisvision. 

           "Doyouknow,"headded,"IfeelsorryforMr.Butler. Hewastooyoungtoknowbetter,butherobbedhimselfoflifeforthesakeofthirtythousandayearthat’scleanwasteduponhim. Why,thirtythousand,lumpsum,wouldn’tbuyforhimrightnowwhattencentshewaslayin’upwouldhaveboughthim,whenhewasakid,inthewayofcandyan’peanutsoraseatinniggerheaven." 

           ItwasjustsuchuniquenessofpointsofviewthatstartledRuth. Notonlyweretheynewtoher,andcontrarytoherownbeliefs,butshealwaysfeltinthemgermsoftruththatthreatenedtounseatormodifyherownconvictions. Hadshebeenfourteeninsteadoftwenty-four,shemighthavebeenchangedbythem; butshewastwenty-four,conservativebynatureandupbringing,andalreadycrystallizedintothecrannyoflifewhereshehadbeenbornandformed. Itwastrue,hisbizarrejudgmentstroubledherinthemomentstheywereuttered,butsheascribedthemtohisnoveltyoftypeandstrangenessofliving,andtheyweresoonforgotten. Nevertheless,whileshedisapprovedofthem,thestrengthoftheirutterance,andtheflashingofeyesandearnestnessoffacethataccompaniedthem,alwaysthrilledheranddrewhertowardhim. Shewouldneverhaveguessedthatthismanwhohadcomefrombeyondherhorizon,was,insuchmoments,flashingonbeyondherhorizonwithwideranddeeperconcepts. 

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