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by force of his nasal drawl; let the steward of a fine family
be so rich on retiring from service that he is made minister
of finances,—and men call that Genius, just as they call the
face of Mousqueton Beauty, and the mien of Claude Majes-
ty. With the constellations of space they confound the stars
of the abyss which are made in the soft mire of the puddle
by the feet of ducks.
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