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"'I will grant you that,' said Mr Phillipps, 'but you will allow me to insist that in the hands of the true artist in words all stories are marvelous, and every circumstance has its peculiar wonder.  The matter is of little consequence, the manner is everything.  Indeed, the highest skill is shown in taking matter apparently commonplace and transmitting it by the high alchemy of style into the pure gold of art.'"