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Chapter 29

           ButfordeDeukansitwassimplyacollectable,andthereligiousorindeedhumanblasphemyitrepresentedhadnosignificanceforhim.Thisistrueofallcollecting.Itextinguishesthemoralinstinct.Theobjectfinallypossessesthepossessor."Weneverdiscussedreligionorpolitics.Hewenttomass.Butonly,Ithink,becausetheobservanceofritualisaformofthecultivationofbeauty.Insomeways,perhapsbecauseofthewealththathadalwayssurroundedhim,hewasanextremelyinnocentman.Self-denialwasincomprehensibletohim,unlessitformedpartofsomeaestheticregimen.Istoodwithhimonceandwatchedalineofpeasantslaboringaturnipfield.AMilletbroughttolife.Andhisonlyremarkwas:Itisbeautifulthattheyaretheyandthatwearewe.Forhimeventhemostpainfulsocialconfrontationsandcontrasts,whichwouldhavestabbedtheconscienceofeventhevulgarestnouveauriche,werestingless.Withoutsignificanceexceptasvignettes,asinterestingdiscords,aspleasurablebecausevividexamplesofthealgedonicpolarityofexistence."Altruisticbehaviorwhathetermedlediableenpuritainupsethimdeeply.Forinstance,sincetheageofeighteenIhaverefusedtoeatwildbirdsinanyformattable.IwouldassooneathumanfleshasIwouldanortolan,orawildduck.ThistodeDeukanswasdistressing,likeafalsenoteinamusicmanuscript.Hecouldnotbelievethingshadbeenwrittenthus.AndyetthereIwas,inblackandwhite,refusinghispâtéd’alouettesandhistruffledwoodcock.

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