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 page fifty-one of the first volume of Royce. Then he bogged down in a footnote:

The Reverend Elmer Gantry drew his breath, quietly closed the book, and shouted, "Oh, shut up!"

He never again read any philosophy more abstruse than that of Wallace D. Wattles or Edward Bok.

He did not neglect his not very arduous duties. He went fishing—which gained him credit among the males. He procured a dog, also a sound, manly thing to do, and though he occasionally kicked the dog in the country, he was clamorously affectionate with it in town. He went up to Sparta now and then to buy books, attend the movies, and sneak into theaters; and though he was tempted by other diversions even less approved by the Methodist Discipline, he really did make an effort to keep from falling.

By enthusiasm and brass, he raised most of the church debt,