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As he rose in the school he began to make a religion of some other boy. When this boy, whether older or younger than himself, was present, he would laugh loudly, talk absurdly, and be unable to work. He dared not be kind—it was not the thing—still less to express his admiration in words.
As soon as he thought about other people as real, Maurice became modest and conscious of sin: in all creation there could be no one as vile as himself:
