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Modesty Bell, Laura reserved, demure character. [Br. Lit.: Pendennis] gentle, unassuming sister of Kate. [Br. Lit.: The Taming of the Shrew] used to cover Adam and Eve’s nakedness. [O.T.: Genesis 3:7] emblem of discreet shyness. [Gem Symbolism: Kunz, 69] indicates a modest temperament. [Flower Symbol-ism: Flora Symbolica, 178] |
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IN PARTICULAR This Work Is Dedicated By A Humble Native Of Flatland In the Hope that Even as he was Initiated into the Mysteries OF THREE DIMENSIONS Having been previously conversant With ONLY TWO So the Citizens of that Celestial Region May aspire yet higher and higher To the Secrets of FOUR FIVE or EVEN SIX Dimensions Thereby contributing To the Enlargement of THE IMAGINATION And the possible Development Of that most and excellent GIFT of MODESTY Among the Superior Races Of SOLID HUMANITY He maintained, with peculiar satisfaction, it seemed, that maiden modesty is a mere relic of barbarism, and that nothing could be more natural than for a man still youngish to handle a young girl naked. Believe me, my dear Miss Elizabeth, that your modesty, so far from doing you any disservice, rather adds to your other perfections. |
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