ism, and mortally wounded more than
one Goliath of ignorance and conceit;
but the work must be done anew in
every generation and in every individ-
ual. All men are conceived in the
sin of ignorance and born in the ini-
quity of half-knowledge; and every
man needs to be saved by wider
knowledge and clearer vision. It is
a matter of comparative indifference
where one is born; it is a matter of
supreme importance how one educates
one's self. There is as genuine a
provincialism in Paris as in the re-
motest frontier town; it is better
dressed and better mannered, but it
is not less narrow and vulgar. There
is as much vulgarity in the arrogance
of a czar as in that of an African
chief; as much absurdity in the self-@
satisfaction of the man who believes
that the habit and speech of the boule-

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