my dear. Yes! said the fairy, solemnly, half to herself, asshe closed the wonderful book. Folks say now thatI can make beasts into men, by circumstance, and selec- 238 THE WATER-BABIES CHAP. tion, and competition, and so forth. Well, perhapsthey are right; and perhaps, again, they are wrong.That is… … behave as such, and act accordingly. But let themrecollect this, that there are two sides to every question,and a downhill as well as an uphill road; and, if Ican turn beasts into men, I can, by the same laws ofcircumstance, and selection, and competition, turn meninto beasts. You were very near…
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