Murdering the Innocents

           

           ThomasGradgrind,sir.Amanofrealities.Amanoffactsandcalculations.Amanwhoproceedsupontheprinciplethattwoandtwoarefour,andnothingover,andwhoisnottobetalkedintoallowingforanythingover.ThomasGradgrind,sirperemptorilyThomasThomasGradgrind.Witharuleandapairofscales,andthemultiplicationtablealwaysinhispocket,sir,readytoweighandmeasureanyparcelofhumannature,andtellyouexactlywhatitcomesto.Itisamerequestionoffigures,acaseofsimplearithmetic.YoumighthopetogetsomeothernonsensicalbeliefintotheheadofGeorgeGradgrind,orAugustusGradgrind,orJohnGradgrind,orJosephGradgrind(allsupposititious,non-existentpersons),butintotheheadofThomasGradgrindno,sir!

           InsuchtermsMr.Gradgrindalwaysmentallyintroducedhimself,whethertohisprivatecircleofacquaintance,ortothepublicingeneral.Insuchterms,nodoubt,substitutingthewords‘boysandgirls,’for‘sir,’ThomasGradgrindnowpresentedThomasGradgrindtothelittlepitchersbeforehim,whoweretobefilledsofulloffacts.

           Indeed,asheeagerlysparkledatthemfromthecellaragebeforementioned,heseemedakindofcannonloadedtothemuzzlewithfacts,andpreparedtoblowthemcleanoutoftheregionsofchildhoodatonedischarge.Heseemedagalvanizingapparatus,too,chargedwithagrimmechanicalsubstituteforthetenderyoungimaginationsthatweretobestormedaway.

           ‘Girlnumbertwenty,’saidMr.

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