9/9 If, however, we have awakened in any rational mind an interest in the symbolism of umbrellas--in any generous heart a more complete sympathy with the dumb companion of his daily walk--or in any grasping spirit a pure notion of respectability strong enough to make him expend his six-and-twenty shillings--we shall have deserved well of the world, to say nothing of the many industrious persons employed in the manufacture of the article.. |