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The Malady of the Century

CHAPTER II
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A serene enjoyment is what naturally appertains to the lower forms of life when they are satiated, and in no danger of being tracked for their lives.

The oldest drawings on the subject always represent men with a foolish serene smile.

So the privilege of development is to rejoice in a satisfied stomach and untroubled security, and all through his life to know no other care or want but comfort of body." "At last I understand you.

The artist's ideal is the 'Penseroso,' and in order to recognize the highly developed man he must be furnished with a proof of his identity, so that the meaning of the creature may not be lost to sight for a moment." "You may put it in the joking way, but I really mean it.

I don't forget how much of the animal is still in us.


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