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;That's what the Pharisees   said to   Jesus   when he   wouldn't stand   for   lies 

because   they   were   deep   rooted   and   for   injustice   because   it   had   become 

respectable。; 

     ;Oh�察�if you're going to compare yourself to Christ; 

     ;Verden University is supposed to stand for Christianity�察�isn't it�拭�It was 

because Jesus whanged away at social and industrial freedom�察�at fraternity�察�

at love on earth�察�that he had to endure the Cross。 He got under the upper 

class   skin   when   he   attacked   the   traditional   lies   of   vested   interests。   Now 

why doesn't Bland preach the things that Jesus taught�拭─�

     ;He does。; 

     ;Yes�察�he does�察─�Jeff scoffed。 ;He preaches good form�察�respectability�察�a 

narrow      personal    righteousness�察     �a  salvation     canned    and    petrified   three 

hundred years ago。; 

     ;Do you want him to preach socialism�拭─�

     ;I   want   him   to   preach   the   square   deal   in   our   social   life�察  �intellectual 

honesty�察�and a vital spiritual life。 Think of what this college might mean�察�

how   it   might   stand   for   democracy   It   ought   to   pour   out   into   the   state 

hundreds of specialists on the problems of the country。 Instead�察�it is only a 

reflection of the caste system that is growing up in America。; 

     James shrugged his broad shoulders。 ;I've been through all that。 It's a 

phase     we   pass。   You'll   get   over   it。  You've    got   to  if  you   are  going    to 

succeed。; 

     A quizzical grin wrinkled Jeff's lean face。 ;What is success�拭─�

     ;It's   setting   a   high   goal   and   reaching   it。   It's   taking   the   world   by   the 

throat and shaking from it whatever you want。; James leaned across the 

table�察�his eyes shining。 ;It's the journey's end for the strong�察�that's what it 

is。 I don't care whether a man is gathering gilt or fame�察�he's got to pound 

away with his eye right on it。 And he's got to trample down the things that 

get in his way。; 

     Jeff's eye   fell upon   a book on the   table。   ;Ever hear of   a   chap   called 

Goldsmith�拭─�

     ;Of   course。   He   wrote   'The   School   for   Scandal。'   What's   he   got   to   do 



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with it�拭─�

     Jeff   smiled�察  �without   correcting   his   cousin。   ;I've   been   reading   about 

him。 Seems to have been a poor hack writer 'who threw away his life in 

handfuls。'   He   wrote   the   finest   poem�察  �the   best   novel�察  �the   most   charming 

comedy of his day。 He knew how to give�察�but he didn't know how to take。 

So he died alone in a garret。 He was a failure。; 

     ;Probably his own fault。; 

     ;And on   the   day  of   his   funeral   the   stairway  was   crowded   with   poor 

people he had helped。 All of them were in tears。; 

     ;What good did that do him�拭�He was inefficient。 He might have saved 

his money and helped them then。; 

     ;Perhaps。 I don't know。 It might have been too late then。 He chose to 

give his life as he was living it。; 

     ;Another reason for his poverty�察�wasn't there�拭─�

     Jeff flushed。 ;He drank。; 

     ;Thought so。; James rose triumphantly and put on his overcoat。 ;Well�察�

think over what I've said。; 

     ;I will。 And   tell the chancellor   I'm  much obliged   to him for  sending 

you。; 

     For once the Senior was taken aback。 ;Eh�察�whatwhat�拭─�

     ;You may tell him it won't be your fault that I'll never be a credit to 

Verden University。; 

     As he walked across the campus to his fraternity house James did not 

feel that his call had been wholly successful。 With him he carried a picture 

of his cousin's thin satiric face in which big expressive eyes mocked his 

arguments。 But he let none of this sense of futility get into the report given 

next day to the Chancellor。 

     ;Jeff's rather light´minded�察�I'm afraid�察�sir。 He wanted to branch off to 

side lines。 But I insisted on a serious talk。 Before I left him he promised to 

think over what I had said。; 

     ;Let us hope he may。; 

     ;He said it wouldn't be my fault if he wasn't a credit to the University。; 

     ;We can all agree with him there�察�Farnum。; 

     ;Thank you�察�sir。 I'm not very hopeful about him。 He has other things to 



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contend with。; 

    ;I'm not sure I quite know what you mean。; 

    ;I can't explain more fully without violating a confidence。; 

    ;Well�察�we'll hope for the best�察�and remember him in our prayers。; 

    ;Yes�察�sir�察─�James agreed。 



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                               CHAPTER 4 



     ;I   met   a   hundred   men   on   the   road   to   Delhi�察  �and   they   were   all   my 

brothers。;Old Proverb。 

       THE REBEL FLUNKS IN A COURSE ON HOW TO GET ON IN 

LIFE 



                                        PART 1 



     It would be easy to overemphasize Jeff's intellectual difficulties at the 

expense of the deep delight he found in many phases of his student life。 

The daily routine of the library�察�the tennis courts�察�and the jolly table talk 

brought out the boy in him that had been submerged。 

     There   developed   in   him   a   vagabond   streak   that   took   him   into   the 

woods and the hills for days at a time。 About the middle of his Sophomore 

year he discovered Whitman。 While camping alone at night under the stars 

he used to shout out�察�

     ;Strong and content�察�I travel the open road�察─�or 

     ;Allons� �The road is before us� �

     ;It is safeI have tried itmy own feet have tried it well。; 

     Through Stevenson's essay on Whitman Jeff came to know the Scotch 

writer�察�and from the first paragraph of him was a sealed follower of R。 L。 

S。   In   different   ways   both   of   these   poets   ministered   to   a   certain   love   of 

freedom�察�of beauty�察�of outdoor spaces that was ineradicably a part of his 

nature。 The essence of vagabondage is the spirit of romance。 One may tour 

every   corner   of   the   earth   and   still   be   a   respectable   Pharisee。   One   may 

never move a dozen miles from the village of his birth and yet be of the 

happy company of romantics。  Jeff could find  in a sunset�察 �in a stretch   of 

windswept   plain�察  �in   the   sight   of   water   through   leafless   trees�察  �something 

that filled his heart with emotion。 

    Perhaps the very freedom of these vacation excursions helped to feed 

his growing discontent。 The yeast of rebellion was forever stirring in him。 

He   wanted   to    come   to   life   with   open   mind。   He   was   possessed   of   an 

insatiable curiosity about it。 This took him to the slums of Verden�察�to the 



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redlight district�察�to Socialist meetings�察�to a striking coal camp near the city 

where he narrowly escaped being killed as a scab。 He knew that something 

was   wrong   with   our   social   life。   Inextricably   blended   with   success   and 

happiness he saw everywhere pain�察�defeat�察�and confusion。 Why must such 

things be�拭�Why poverty at all�拭�

     But   when   he   flung   his   questions   at   Pearson�察  �who   had   charge   of   the 

work     in  sociology�察    �the   explanations     of   the  professor     seemed     to  him 

pitifully weak。 

     In the ethics class he met the same experience。 A chance reference to 

Drummond's ;Natural Law in the Spiritual world; introduced him to that 

stimulating   book。 All   one   night   he   sat   up   and   read   it   drank   it   in   with 

every fiber of his thirsty being。 

     The   fire   in   his   stove   went   out。   He   slipped   into   his   overcoat。   Gray 

morning   found   him   still   reading。   He   walked   out   with   dazed   eyes   into   a 

world     that  had   been    baptized    anew    during    the   night   to  a  miraculous 

rebirth。 

     But when he took his discovery to the lecture room Dawson was not 

only cold but hostile。 Drummond was not sound。 There was about him a 

specious charm very likely to attract young minds。 Better let such books 

alone for the present。 In the meantime the class would take up with him 

the discussion of predeterminism as outlined in Tuesday's work。 

     There were members of the faculty big enough to have understood the 

boy  and   tolerant   enough   to   have   sympathized   with   his   crude   revolt�察  �but 

Jeff was diffident and never came in touch with them。 

     His connection with the college ended abruptly during the Spring term 

of his Sophomore year。 

     A celebrated revivalist was imported to quicken the spiritual life of the 

University。   Under   his   exhortations   the   institution   underwent   a   religious 

ferment。     An    extraordinary   excitement       was    astir  on   the  campus。     Class 

prayer meetings were held every afternoon�察�and at midday smaller groups 

met    for   devotional    exercises。    At   these   latter  those   who    had   made     no 

profession   of   religion   were   petitioned   for   by   name。   James   Farnum   was 

swept   into   the   movement   and   distinguished   himself   by   his   zeal。   It   was 

understood that he desired the prayers of friends for that relative who had 



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not yet cast away the burden of his sins。 

     It became a point of honor with his cousin's circle to win Jeff for the 

cause。 There was no difficulty in getting him to attend the meetings of the 

revivalist。 But he sat motionless through the

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