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The Recompense

           Butforhimalsotheeternalequationthepathosofthediscoverythatevengiantsarebutpygmies,andthatanultimatebalancemustbestruck.Ofthestrange,tortured,terrifiedreflectionofthosewho,caughtinhiswake,weresweptfromthenormalandthecommonplace,whatshallwesay?Legislatorsbythehundred,whowerehoundedfrompoliticsintotheirgraves;ahalf-hundredaldermenofvariouscouncilswhoweredrivengrumblingorwhiningintothelimboofthedull,theuseless,thecommonplace.Asplendidgovernordreamingofanidealontheonehand,succumbingtomaterialnecessityontheother,traducingthespiritthataidedhimthewhilehetorturedhimselfwithhisowndoubts.Asecondgovernor,moreamenable,wastobegreetedbythehissesofthepopulace,toretirebroodinganddiscomfited,andfinallytotakehisownlife.SchryhartandHand,venomousmenboth,unabletodiscoverwhethertheyhadreallytriumphed,weretodieeventually,puzzled.Amayorwhosegreatesthourwasinthwartingonewhocontemnedhim,livedtosay:"Itisagreatmystery.Hewasastrangeman."AgreatcitystruggledforascoreofyearstountanglethatwhichwasallbutbeyondthepowerofsolutionatrueGordianknot.

           Andthisgianthimself,rushingontonewstrugglesandnewdifficultiesinanolderland,foreversufferingthegoadofarestlessheartforhimwasnoultimatepeace,norealunderstanding,butonlyhungerandthirstandwonder.Wealth,wealth,wealth!Anewgraspofanewgreatproblemanditseventualsolution.

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