t.Torealizeoureperfectly--thatiswhateachofusisherefor.Peopleareafraidofthemselves,nowadays.Theyhavefottenthehighestofallduties,thedutythatooonesself.Ofcourse,theyarecharitable.Theyfeedthehungryandclothethebeggar.Buttheirownsoulsstarve,andarenaked.Cehasgoofourrace.Perhapsweneverreallyhadit.Theterrorofsociety,whichisthebasisofmorals,theterrod,whichisthesecretion--thesearethetwothingsthatgovernus.A--"

    "Justturnyourheadalittlemoretht,Dorian,likeagoodboy,"saidthepainter,deepinhisworkandsciousonlythatalookhadeintotheladsfacethathehadneverseentherebefore.

    "A,"tinuedLordHenry,inhislow,musicalvoidwiththatgracefulwaveofthehandthatwasalwayssocharacteristi,andthathehadeveniondays,"Ibelievethatifonemaoliveouthislifefullyandpletely,weretogiveformtoeveryfeeling,expressiontoeverythought,realitytoeverydream--Ibelievethattheworldwouldgainsuchafreshimpulseofjoythatwewouldfetallthemaladiesofmediaevalism,aurntotheHellenicideal--tosomethingfiner,richerthantheHellenicideal,itmaybe.Butthebravestmanamongstusisafraidofhimself.Themutilationofthesavagehasitstragicsurvivalintheself-denialthatmarsourlives.unishedforourrefusals.Everyimpulsethatwestrivetlebroodsinthemindandpoisonsus.Thebodysinsondhasdohitssin,foraisamodeofpurification.Nothingremaitherecolleofapleasure,ortheluxuryret.Theonlywaytogetridofatemptationistoyieldtoit.Resistit,andyoursoulgrowssickwithlongingforthethingsithasforbiddentoitself,withdesireforwhatitsmonstrouslawshavemademonstrousandunlawful.It