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 other wi' seeing people happy an' comfortable. It is anely a matter of indiveedual feeling. A peesant saves a mon's life for the same reason that a hero or a footpad cuts his throat: an' a philosopher deleevers a mon frae a preeson, for the same reason that a tailor or a prime meenester puts him into it—because it is conformable to his ain parteecular feelings o' the moral an' poleetical fitness o' things.

Wake the Reverend Doctor. Doctor, the bottle stands with you.

It is an error of which I am seldom guilty.

Noo ye ken, Sir, eevery mon is the centre of his ain system, an' endeevours as much as possible to adapt eevery thing aroond him to his ain parteecular views.