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     Forgotten Dingley�察�happy in this�察�has not had to endure the ignominy�察�

in a hundred essays�察�to be retrospectively offered to Swift as an unclaimed 

wife�察�so far so good。         But two hundred years is long for her to have gone 

stripped of so radiant a glory as is hers by right。               ;Better�察�thanks to MD's 

prayers�察─�wrote the immortal man who loved her�察�in a private fragment of 

a journal�察�never meant for Dingley's eyes�察�nor for Ppt's�察�nor for any human 

eyes�察  �and   the   rogue   Stella   has   for   two   centuries   stolen   all   the   credit   of 

those prayers�察�and all the thanks of that pious benediction。 



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                                  SOLITUDE 



     The wild man is alone at will�察�and so is the man for whom civilization 

has   been   kind。    But   there   are   the   multitudes   to   whom   civilization   has 

given little but its reaction�察�its rebound�察�its chips�察�its refuse�察�its shavings�察�

sawdust and waste�察�its failures�察�to them solitude is a right foregone or a 

luxury   unattained�察  �a   right   foregone�察  �we   may   name   it�察  �in   the   case   of   the 

nearly savage�察 �and a luxury unattained in the case   of the   nearly  refined。 

These has the movement of the world thronged together into some blind 

by´way。 

     Their share in the enormous solitude which is the common�察�unbounded�察�

and virtually illimitable possession of all mankind has lapsed�察�unclaimed。 

They   do   not   know   it   is   theirs。 Of   many   of   their   kingdoms   they   are 

ignorant�察�but of this most ignorant。          They have not guessed that they own 

for   every   man   a   space   inviolate�察  �a   place   of   unhidden   liberty   and   of   no 

obscure enfranchisement。           They do not claim even the solitude of closed 

corners�察�the narrow privacy of the lock and key�察�nor could they command 

so   much。     For   the   solitude   that   has   a   sky  and   a   horizon   they  know   not 

how to wish。 

     It   lies  in   a  perpetual     distance。     England      has    leagues    thereof�察�

landscapes�察�verge beyond verge�察�a thousand thousand places in the woods�察�

and on uplifted hills。      Or rather�察�solitudes are not to be measured by miles�察�

they    are  to  be   numbered      by   days。   They     are   freshly   and   freely   the 

dominion of every man for the day of his possession。                There is loneliness 

for innumerable solitaries。         As many days as there are in all the ages�察�so 

many solitudes are there for men。           This is the open house of the earth�察�no 

one is refused。 Nor is the space shortened or the silence marred because�察�

one by one�察�men in multitudes have been alone there before。                   Solitude is 

separate experience。        Nay�察�solitudes are not to be numbered by days�察�but 

by men themselves。         Every man of the living and every man of the dead 

might have had his ;privacy of light。; 

     It needs no park。      It is to be found in the merest working country�察�and 

a thicket may be as secret as a   forest。          It is not so difficult to get for a 



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time out of sight and earshot。           Even if your solitude be enclosed�察�it is still 

an open solitude�察�so there be ;no cloister for the eyes�察─�and a space of far 

country or a cloud in the sky be privy to your hiding´place。                     But the best 

solitude does not hide at all。 

     This the people who have drifted together into the streets live whole 

lives and never know。           Do they suffer from their deprivation of even the 

solitude of the hiding´place�拭            �There are  many  who never have a  whole 

hour     alone。    They      live  in   reluctant    or  indifferent     companionship�察       �as 

people may in a boarding´house�察�by paradoxical choice�察�familiar with one 

another      and   not   intimate。     They     live   under    careless    observation      and 

subject to a vagabond curiosity。            Theirs is the involuntary and perhaps the 

unconscious loss which is futile and barren。 

     One   knows   the   men�察  �and   the   many   women�察  �who   have   sacrificed   all 

their   solitude   to   the   perpetual   society   of   the   school�察  �the   cloister�察  �or   the 

hospital     ward。      They     walk    without     secrecy�察    �candid�察   �simple�察   �visible�察�

without moods�察�unchangeable�察�in a constant communication and practice 

of   action   and   speech。     Theirs   assuredly   is   no   barren   or   futile   loss�察  �and 

they    have    a   conviction�察    �and    they   bestow     the   conviction�察    �of   solitude 

deferred。 

     Who   has   painted   solitude   so   that   the   solitary   seemed   to   stand   alone 

and inaccessible�拭         �There is the loneliness of the shepherdess in many a 

drawing of J。F。 Millet。          The little figure is away�察�aloof。 The girl stands so 

when the painter is gone。            She waits so on the sun for the closing of the 

hours of pasture。        Millet has her as she looks�察�out of sight。 

     Now�察  �although   solitude   is   a   prepared�察  �secured�察  �defended�察  �elaborate 

possession of the rich�察�they too deny themselves the natural solitude of a 

woman with a child。            A newly´born child is so nursed and talked about�察�

handled   and   jolted   and   carried   about   by   aliens�察  �and   there   is   so   much 

importunate   service   going   forward�察  �that   a   woman   is   hardly   alone   long 

enough      to  become      aware�察   �in   recollection�察   �how    her   own    blood     moves 

separately�察 �beside her�察 �with   another   rhythm  and   different pulses。               All is 

commonplace          until   the  doors    are   closed    upon    the   two。    This    unique 

intimacy   is   a   profound   retreat�察  �an   absolute   seclusion。        It   is   more   than 

single   solitude�察  �it   is   a   redoubled   isolation   more   remote   than   mountains�察�



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safer than valleys�察�deeper than forests�察�and further than mid´sea。 

     That solitude partakenthe only partaken solitude in the worldis the 

Point of Honour of ethics。            Treachery to that obligation and a betrayal of 

that confidence might well be held to be the least pardonable of all crimes。 

There is no innocent sleep so innocent as sleep shared between a woman 

and a child�察  �the little   breath hurrying   beside the   longer�察�as a child's foot 

runs。     But   the   favourite   crime   of   the   sentimentalist   is   that   of   a   woman 

against her child。        Her power�察�her intimacy�察�her opportunity�察�that should 

be her accusers�察�are held to excuse her。                She gains the most slovenly of 

indulgences and the grossest compassion�察�on the vulgar grounds that her 

crime was easy。 

     Lawless   and   vain   art   of   a   certain   kind   is   apt   to   claim  to´day�察  �by  the 

way�察�some such fondling as a heroine of the dock receives from common 

opinion。      The  vain   artist   had   all   the  opportunities   of the   situation。      He 

was master of his own purpose�察�such as it was�察�it was his secret�察�and the 

public   was   not   privy   to   his   artistic   conscience。   He   does   violence   to   the 

obligations of which he is aware�察�and which the world does not know very 

explicitly。     Nothing   is   easier。     Or   he   is   lawless   in   a   more   literal   sense�察�

but only hopes the world will believe that he has a whole code of his own 

making。       It would�察�nevertheless�察�be less unworthy to break obvious rules 

obviously   in   the   obvious   face   of   the   public�察  �and   to   abide   the   common 

rebuke。 

     It   has   just   been   said   that   a   park   is   by   no   means   necessary   for   the 

preparation   of   a   country   solitude。      Indeed�察  �to   make   those   far   and   wide 

and   long   approaches   and   avenues   to   peace   seems   to   be   a   denial   of   the 

accessibility of what should be so simple。                 A step�察�a pace or so aside�察�is 

enough to lead thither。 

     A park insists   too much�察�and�察�besides�察�does not   insist very  sincerely。 

In   order    to  fulfil  the   apparent     professions     and    to  keep    the  published 

promise of a park�察�the owner thereof should be a lover of long seclusion or 

of    a  very    life  of   loneliness。      He     should    have     gained    the   state   of 

solitariness     which     is  a  condition     of  life  quite   unlike    any   other。    The 

traveller who may have gone astray in countries where an almost life´long 

solitude is possible knows how invincibly apart are the lonely figures he 



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has seen in desert places there。           Their loneliness is broken by his passage�察�

it is true�察�but hardly so to them。          They look at him�察�but they are not aware 

that    he  looks    at  them。     Nay�察    �they   look   at  him    as   though    they    were 

invisible。 Their un´self´consciousness is absolute�察�it is in the wild degree。 

They are solitaries�察�body and soul�察�even when they are curious�察�and turn to 

watch the passer´by�察�they are essentially alone。                 Now�察�no one ever found 

that attitude   in a squire's figure�察 �or   that look in any  country  gentleman's 

eyes。     The   squire is   not   a   life´long solitary。      He   never bore   himself   as 

though      he   were    invisible。    H
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