In Peril of Change Essays Written in Time of Tranquillity
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Spencer de- scribes his early friendship with George Eliot, "the most admirable woman, mentally, I ever met." He took her to the opera and the theatre, where he had free admissions — more used " because I had frequently — indeed, nearly always — the pleasure of her companion- ship, in addition to the pleasure afforded by the per- formance." He was then but thirty-two, and the philosophy had scarcely been projected. There were out-of-door walks, discussions on the terrace outside Somerset House.... " People drew inferences." "Quite definite statements became cui-rent." " There were reports that I was in love with her, and that we were about to be married. But neither of these reports was true." In the reflections at the end, forty years after- wards, some indication of the reason was revealed. He had described in painful detail her actual physical appearance. "Usually heads have here and there either flat places or slight hollows : but her head was everywhere convex." He had once criticised a great beauty, alike in face and figure, " I do not quite like the shape of her head." " This abnormal tendency to criticise has been a chief factor," he sadly acknow- ledged, "in the continuance of my celibate life." " Physical beauty is a sine qua non for me ; as was once unhappily proved where the intellectual traits and the emotional traits were of the highest." Spencer's sturdy individualism produced a complete 79 DE MORTUIS disregard of authority, and tliat contempt or indif- ference for accepted opinion which was perhaps neces- sary for the elaboration of a new and unpopular philosophy.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Spencer de- scribes his early friendship with George Eliot, "the most admirable woman, mentally, I ever met." He took her to the opera and the theatre, where he had free admissions — more used " because I had frequently — indeed, nearly always — the pleasure of her companion- ship, in addition to the pleasure afforded by the per- formance." He was then but thirty-two, and the philosophy had scarcely been projected. There were out-of-door walks, discussions on the terrace outside Somerset House.... " People drew inferences." "Quite definite statements became cui-rent." " There were reports that I was in love with her, and that we were about to be married. But neither of these reports was true." In the reflections at the end, forty years after- wards, some indication of the reason was revealed. He had described in painful detail her actual physical appearance. "Usually heads have here and there either flat places or slight hollows : but her head was everywhere convex." He had once criticised a great beauty, alike in face and figure, " I do not quite like the shape of her head." " This abnormal tendency to criticise has been a chief factor," he sadly acknow- ledged, "in the continuance of my celibate life." " Physical beauty is a sine qua non for me ; as was once unhappily proved where the intellectual traits and the emotional traits were of the highest." Spencer's sturdy individualism produced a complete 79 DE MORTUIS disregard of authority, and tliat contempt or indif- ference for accepted opinion which was perhaps neces- sary for the elaboration of a new and unpopular philosophy.
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