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As many pictures as have been given of my father, how like him soever in different airs and attitudes,вБ†вАФnot one, or all of them, can ever help the reader to any kind of preconception of how my father would think, speak, or act, upon any untried occasion or occurrence of life.вБ†вАФThere was that infinitude of oddities in him, and of chances along with it, by which handle he would take a thing,вБ†вАФit baffled, Sir, all calculations.вБ†вЄЇвБ†The truth was, his road lay so very far on one side, from that wherein most men travelled,вБ†вАФthat every object before him presented a face and section of itself to his eye, altogether different from the plan and elevation of it seen by the rest of mankind.вБ†вАФIn other words, вАЩtwas a different object, and in course was differently considered:
This is the true reason, that my dear Jenny and I, as well as all the world besides us, have such eternal squabbles about nothing.вБ†вАФShe looks at her outside,вБ†вАФI, at her inвБ†вАФ. How is it possible we should agree about her value?