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 redness indeed being the visible sign of all other virtues."

"Whence," said Brother Michael, "we choose our abbot by his nose:

"Now," said the little friar, "as is the firmness so is the redness, and as is the redness so is the shyness."

"Marry why?" said brother Michael. "The solution is not physical-natural, but physical-historical, or natural-superinductive. And thereby hangs a tale, which may be either said or sung: