Letanotarytransfigurehimselfintoadeputy:letafalseCorneillecomposeTiridate；letaeunuchcometopossessaharem；
letamilitaryPrudhommeaccidentallywinthedecisivebattleofanepoch；letanapothecaryinventcardboardshoe—solesforthearmyoftheSambre—and—Meuse，andconstructforhimself，outofthiscardboard，soldasleather，fourhundredthousandfrancsofincome；
letapork—packerespouseusury，andcauseittobringforthsevenoreightmillions，ofwhichheisthefatherandofwhichitisthemother；letapreacherbecomeabishopbyforceofhisnasaldrawl；
letthestewardofafinefamilybesorichonretiringfromservicethatheismadeministeroffinances，——andmencallthatGenius，justastheycallthefaceofMousquetonBeauty，andthemienofClaudeMajesty。Withtheconstellationsofspacetheyconfoundthestarsoftheabysswhicharemadeinthesoftmireofthepuddlebythefeetofducks。
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