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II THE TRIAL OF BUTLER
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To a man of Butler's egregious1 vanity his trial was a glorious opportunity for displaying his intellectual gifts, such as they were. One who had known him in prison about this time describes him as a strange compound of vanity and envy, blind to his own faults and envious2 of the material advantages enjoyed by others. Self-willed and arrogant3, he could bully4 or whine5 with equal effect. Despising men, he believed that if a man did not possess some requisite6 quality, he had only to ape it, as few would distinguish between the real and the sham7.
But with all these advantages in the struggle for life, it is certain that Butler's defence would have been far less effective had be{sic} been denied all professional aid. As a matter of fact, throughout his trial Butler was being advised by three distinguished8 members of the New Zealand bar, now judges of the Supreme9 Court, who though not appearing for him in court, gave him the full benefit of their assistance outside it. At the same time Butler carried off the thing well. Where imagination was required, Butler broke down; he could not write sketches10 of life in prison; that was too much for his pedestrian intellect. But given the facts of a case, dealing11 with a transaction of which he alone knew the real truth, and aided by the advice and guidance of trained intellects, Butler was unquestionably clever and shrewd enough to make the best use of such advantages in meeting the case against him.
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