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heart was wrung with pity at the spectacle; pity
and horror; but there was nothing he could do,
except continue to look. Man's extremity is
Mr. Hardy's opportunity; but it is an opportun-
ity only for art. Pessimism will help us all, he
believes, by taking forever away illusory hopes
which fade into anguish; those who expect noth-
ing cannot be disappointed. The façade of a
prison, he thinks, is more cheerful to contem-
plate than the façade of a palace. At any rate
we know it to be a prison, and enter it with sub-
missive despair; much better so than to have it
resemble a palace outside.

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Publication Information: Book Title: The Advance of the English Novel. Contributors: William Lyon Phelps - author. Publisher: Dodd Mead. Place of Publication: New York. Publication Year: 1916. Page Number: 191.
    
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