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"You have a book of sermons on board?"
"Before starting, sir, happening to cast my eye over the book-case in
the bedroom . . . a volume of Dr. South's, sir, if you'll excuse my
liberty in borrowing it."
He ran and fetched the volume, while we disposed ourselves to listen.
"Where shall I begin, sir?"
"Wherever you please. The book belongs to my brother Gervase.
For myself I have not even a bowing acquaintance with the good
Doctor."
"The first sermon, sir, is upon Human Perfection."
"It should have been the last, surely?"
"Not so, sir; for it starts with Adam in the Garden of Eden."
"Let us hear, then."
Mr. Badcock cleared his throat and read:
"The image of God in man is that universal rectitude of all the
faculties of the soul, by which they stand apt and disposed to
their respective offices and operations."
"Hold a moment," interrupted my father, whose habit of commenting
aloud in church had often disconcerted Mr. Grylls. "Are you quite
sure, Mr. Badcock, that we are not starting with the Doctor's
peroration?"
"This is the first page, sir.


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