Show SOCIAL TRAITS O OF BROWNING In his immense humanity he refused to make distinctions of manner among those of his own class of ute ife who approached approached approached ap ap- ap- ap him always excepting the rare cases J where base qualities had been proved beyond a doubt to his mind The thing he most abhorred was untruth untruthfulness fill ness even insincerity in its most conventional form orm was detestable to an upright mind which loved and sought for truth in all its phases Ills Ibis first impulse was to think well vell of people peo pee pie to l like them to respect them they were human souls and therefore to him of the greatest earthly interest He conversed affably with all Lover of beauty as he was he would talk as pl pleasantly with dull old ladies ladles as with young and pretty ones He made himself himself himself him him- self delightful at a party dinner-party whether the guests chanced to be of mediocre inte intelligence or of superior brains his fund of sparkling anecdote for all was wa never exhausted In this as In many other ways one learned from him the lesson of self-forgetful- self ness He never asked Do these people people peo peo- I pIe amuse me Do I find them agreeable agreeable agreeable agree agree- able His only thought was Let LetIne me Ine try to make their time pass plea plea- The The Late Mrs Arthur Bronin Bronson Bronson Bron- Bron son in the Century Magazine |