[Heart and Science by Wilkie Collins]@TWC D-Link bookHeart and Science CHAPTER XXXII 6/15
I can multiply such examples as these by hundreds when I write my book. "Briefly stated, you now have the method by which I propose to drag the scientific English Savage from his shelter behind the medical interests of humanity, and to show him in his true character,--as plainly as the scientific Foreign Savage shows himself of his own accord.
_He_ doesn't shrink behind false pretences.
_He_ doesn't add cant to cruelty.
_He_ boldly proclaims the truth:--I do it, because I like it!" Benjulia rose, and threw the letter on the floor. _"I_ proclaim the truth," he said; _"I_ do it because I like it.
There are some few Englishmen who treat ignorant public opinion with the contempt that it deserves--and I am one of them." He pointed scornfully to the letter.
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