There will be room for all at once. The idea of an individual, all whose
personalities are contemporaneous, may there be realized, and such an
individual would be, by any earthly measurement, a god.
"But there are many individuals," he pursued after a pause, "of which we
cannot imagine a blending of the successive persons to be possible.
There, for instance, are cases where there exist radical and bitter
oppositions and differences of character, and propensity between the
youth and the manhood of the individual. In the case of such ill-assorted
personalities a divorce _ex vinculo individui_ may be the only remedy;
and, possibly, the parties to it may be sent back to earth, to take their
chances of finding more congenial companions."
Ida had not said a word during the time they had sat at table. She had,
indeed, scarcely lifted her eyes from her plate.
As they rose she challenged Paul to a game at croquet, for which the
twilight left ample opportunity.
Miss Ludington and Dr. Hull sat upon the piazza in full view of the
players.
"What do you call her?" he asked, abruptly, after a pause in their
conversation.
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