Chapter 66

           

           "’Tisonethingtobetempted,Escalus,Anotherthingtofall."—MeasureforMeasure.

           Lydgatecertainlyhadgoodreasontoreflectontheservicehispracticedidhimincounteractinghispersonalcares.Hehadnolongerfreeenergyenoughforspontaneousresearchandspeculativethinking,butbythebedsideofpatients,thedirectexternalcallsonhisjudgmentandsympathiesbroughttheaddedimpulseneededtodrawhimoutofhimself.Itwasnotsimplythatbeneficentharnessofroutinewhichenablessillymentoliverespectablyandunhappymentolivecalmlyitwasaperpetualclaimontheimmediatefreshapplicationofthought,andontheconsiderationofanother’sneedandtrial.Manyofuslookingbackthroughlifewouldsaythatthekindestmanwehaveeverknownhasbeenamedicalman,orperhapsthatsurgeonwhosefinetact,directedbydeeplyinformedperception,hascometousinourneedwithamoresublimebeneficencethanthatofmiracle-workers.Someofthattwice-blessedmercywasalwayswithLydgateinhisworkattheHospitalorinprivatehouses,servingbetterthananyopiatetoquietandsustainhimunderhisanxietiesandhissenseofmentaldegeneracy.

           Mr.Farebrother’ssuspicionastotheopiatewastrue,however.

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