#surging up to a deafening climax. It was too much for some of the visitors--the men would look at each other
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#One could not stand and watch very long without being philosophical#without beginning to deal in symbols and similes#and to hear the hog-squeal of the universe.... Each of them had an individuality of his own#a will of his own#a hope and a heart's desire; each was full of self-confidence#of self-importance#and a sense of dignity. And trusting and strong in faith he had gone about his business#the while a black shadow hung over him#and a horrid Fate in his pathway. Now suddenly it had swooped upon him#and had seized him by the leg. Relentless#remorseless#all his protests#his screams were nothing to it. It did its cruel will with him#as if his wishes#his feelings#had simply no existence at all; it cut his throat and watched him gasp out his life#another#and another#until there was a double line of them#each dangling by a foot and kicking in frenzy--and squealing. The uproar was appalling#perilous to the ear-drums; one feared there was too much sound for the room to hold--that the walls must give way or the ceiling crack. The#grunts#and wails of agony; there would come a momentary lull#and then a fresh outburst#louder than ever#surging up to a deafening climax. It was too much for some of the visitors--the men would look at each other#laughing nervously#and the women would stand with hands clenched#and the blood rushing to their faces#and the tears starting in their eyes. Meantime
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