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Involving another Journey, and an Antiquarian Discovery; Recording Mr. Pickwick’s Determination to b

           Pickwickhimselfwroteapamphlet,containingninety-sixpagesofverysmallprint,andtwenty-sevendifferentreadingsoftheinscription:thatthreeoldgentlemencutofftheireldestsonswithashillinga-pieceforpresumingtodoubttheantiquityofthefragment;andthatoneenthusiasticindividualcuthimselfoffprematurely,indespairatbeingunabletofathomitsmeaning:thatMr.Pickwickwaselectedanhonorarymemberofseventeennativeandforeignsocieties,formakingthediscovery:thatnoneoftheseventeencouldmakeanythingofit;butthatalltheseventeenagreeditwasveryextraordinary.

           Mr.Blotton,indeedandthenamewillbedoomedtotheundyingcontemptofthosewhocultivatethemysteriousandthesublimeMr.Blotton,wesay,withthedoubtandcavillingpeculiartovulgarminds,presumedtostateaviewofthecase,asdegradingasridiculous.Mr.Blotton,withameandesiretotarnishthelustreoftheimmortalnameofPickwick,actuallyundertookajourneytoCobhaminperson,andonhisreturn,sarcasticallyobservedinanorationattheclub,thathehadseenthemanfromwhomthestonewaspurchased;thatthemanpresumedthestonetobeancient,butsolemnlydeniedtheantiquityoftheinscriptioninasmuchasherepresentedittohavebeenrudelycarvedbyhimselfinanidlemood,andtodisplaylettersintendedtobearneithermoreorlessthanthesimpleconstructionof—‘BILLSTUMPS,HISMARK’;andthatMr.

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