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CHAPTER XXXV.
“The real test of a man is not what he knows but what he is in himself, and in his relation to others. For instance, can he battle against his own bad inherited instincts, or brave public opinion in the cause of truth?”

—Tennyson.

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Mrs. Dundle gave a horrified exclamation.

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