Analyzing and Interpreting Literature / Unit 11 AIL 1030 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Rule, Scales, Multiplication Table
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The idea
He carries a rule, a pair of scales and the multiplication table in his pocket, ready to weigh and measure any parcel of human nature and tell you exactly what it comes to. Parcel is the word that indicts him: people arrive as goods.
In practice
Human nature, as a parcel.
Where people slip
One noun does the indicting.
Your place on the trail
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