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Chapter Ten.
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Red Rooney becomes a Spectacle and then a President.
Late on the evening of the following day the fur-clad hunters arrived at their village with shouts of rejoicing—hairy and happy—for they brought with them many a carcass of walrus1 and seal wherewith to replenish2 their wardrobes and larders3, and banish4 hunger and care from their dwellings5 for a considerable time to come.
Be not too ready, most refined reader, to condemn6 those people for their somewhat gross and low ideas of enjoyment7. Remember that they were “to the manner born.” Consider, also, that “things are not what they seem,” and that the difference between you and savages8 is, in some very important respects at least, not so great as would at first sight appear. You rejoice in literature, music, fine art, etcetera; but how about one or two o’clock? Would these afford you much satisfaction at such a time?
“Bah!” you exclaim, “what a question! The animal wants must of course be supplied.” True, most refined one, but a hunk of bread and a plate of soup would fully9 suffice for animal needs. Would your refined pleasures have as keen a relish10 for you if you had only to look forward to bread and water between six and nine? Answer, ye sportsmen, how would you get through your day’s work if there were not a glorious dinner at the end of it? Speak, ye ballroom
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scoffing
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