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Rh Misshapen bodies with misshapen minds.
 * Sel. Dost thou not know that every soul on earth

Hath in our ranks his outward counterpart?
 * Dar. His outward counterpart!
 * Sel. Tis even so;

Yes, on that world—that very wicked world— Thou—I—and all who dwell in fairy land, May find a parallel identity: A perfect counterpart in outward form; So perfect that, if it were possible To place us by these earthly counterparts, No man on earth, no fairy in the clouds, Could tell which was the fairy—which the man!
 * Zay. Is there no shade of difference?
 * Phyl. Yes, one;

For we are absolutely free from sin. While all our representatives on earth Are stained with every kind of infamy.
 * Dar. Are all our counterparts so steeped in sin?
 * Phyl. All, in a greater or a less degree.
 * Zay. What, even mine?
 * Phyl. Alas!
 * Zay. Oh, no—not mine!
 * Phyl. All men and women sin.
 * Dar. I wonder what

My counterpart is doing now?
 * Sel. Don't ask.

No doubt, some fearful sin!
 * Dar. And what are sins?
 * Sel. Evils of which we hardly know the names.