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Chapter 12

           "Tisopenbeforeyoureyes,"returnedthescout;"andhewhoownsitisnotaniggardofitsuse.IhavehearditsaidthattherearemenwhoreadinbookstoconvincethemselvesthereisaGod.Iknownotbutmanmaysodeformhisworksinthesettlement,astoleavethatwhichissoclearinthewildernessamatterofdoubtamongtradersandpriests.Ifanysuchtherebe,andhewillfollowmefromsuntosun,throughthewindingsoftheforest,heshallseeenoughtoteachhimthatheisafool,andthatthegreatestofhisfollyliesinstrivingtorisetothelevelofOnehecanneverequal,beitingoodness,orbeitinpower."

           TheinstantDaviddiscoveredthathebattledwithadisputantwhoimbibedhisfaithfromthelightsofnature,eschewingallsubtletiesofdoctrine,hewillinglyabandonedacontroversyfromwhichhebelievedneitherprofitnorcreditwastobederived.Whilethescoutwasspeaking,hehadalsoseatedhimself,andproducingthereadylittlevolumeandtheiron-rimmedspectacles,hepreparedtodischargeaduty,whichnothingbuttheunexpectedassaulthehadreceivedinhisorthodoxycouldhavesolongsuspended.Hewas,intruth,aminstrelofthewesterncontinentofamuchlaterday,certainly,thanthosegiftedbards,whoformerlysangtheprofanerenownofbaronandprince,butafterthespiritofhisownageandcountry;andhewasnowpreparedtoexercisethecunningofhiscraft,incelebrationof,orratherinthanksgivingfor,therecentvictory.

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