17/22 He was fond of this wild country. We think it a desert, a blank, whither he has gone, because we will strain to see in the utter dark, and nothing can come of that but the bursting of the eyeballs.' Dacier assented: 'There's no use in peering beyond the limits.' 'No,' said she; 'the effect is like the explaining of things to a dull head--the finishing stroke to the understanding! Better continue to brood. We get to some unravelment if we are left to our own efforts. That they should quarrel among themselves is comprehensible in their wisdom, for each has the specific. But they show us their way of solving the great problem, and we ought to thank them, though one or the other abominate us. |