W. Somerset Maugham
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If the two might be tied neck and heels together and flung into the sea, the land would be the fatter for it.
End of chapter thirty eight
Chapter thirty nine of the Fiend's Delight by Ambrose Beerce.
This Liebervox recording is in the public domain.
Recording by April six zero nine zero
The average parson
Our objection to him is not that he is senseless, this, as it concerns us not, we can patiently endure.
Nor that he is bigoted.
This we expect.
And have become accustomed too.
Nor that he is small souled, narrow, and hypocritical.
All these qualities become him well.
Sitting easily and gracefully upon him.
We protest against him because he is always carrying on.
To carry on in one way or another seems to be the function of his existence and essential to his health.
When he is not doing it in the pulpit, he is at it in the newspapers.
When both fail him he resorts to the social circle, the church meeting, the Sunday school, or even the street corner.
We have known him to disport for half a day upon the kerbstone.
carrying on with all his might to whomsoever would endure it.
No sooner does a young, sick faced theologe get safely through his ordination as a baby finishes teething.
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