He mistook the solid rock of ethical resolution he was trying to

disturb with so frail an engine. The fulcrum itself would yield

far sooner to the pressure than the weight of Herminia's

uncompromising rectitude. Passionate as she was,--and with that

opulent form she could hardly be otherwise,--principle was still

deeper and more imperious with her than passion.




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