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She talked about ‘weaning those ignorant millions from their horrid ways,’
the joints of their limbs were like knots in a rope;
but in the great demoralization of the land he kept up his appearance.
There is a taint of death, a flavor of mortality in lies,—which is exactly what I hate and detest in the world—what I want to forget. It makes me miserable and sick, like biting something rotten would do.
The tone of these words was so extraordinary that I looked at him searchingly.
