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Tears Are Scientifically Described As A Secretion. I Can Understand That A Secretion May Be Healthy Or Unhealthy, But I Cannot See The Interest Of A Secretion From A Sentimental Point Of View.

I Used To Attend Scientific Experiments When I Was A Girl At School. They Invariably Ended In An Explosion. If Mr. Jennings Will Be So Very Kind, I Should Like To Be Warned Of The Explosion This Time. With A View To Getting It Over, If Possible, Before I Go To Bed.

But, Ah Me! Where Is The Faultless Human Creature Who Can Persevere In A Good Resolution, Without Sometimes Failing And Falling Back?

I Have Always Held The Old-fashioned Opinion That The Primary Object Of Work Of Fiction Should Be To Tell A Story.

My Business In Life Is To Eat, Drink, Sleep, And Die. Everything Else Is Superfluity And I Will Have None Of It.