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 CHAPTER III.

! what a train of ideas is suggested to the contemplative by that one word, Breeks! Common minds see nothing particular in anything—to them

And the ordinary observer sees in Breeks,

The theologian beholds in Breeks the symbol of man's degeneracy. While the mere historian by their means traces the onward march from barbarism to civilization.

The Philosopher sees in Breeks the sign of man's perogative, his right to the supreme rule in his own house. He cannot, however, shut his eyes to the fact that this right is more nominal