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FDV: "Has anyone, it might with profit some evening be asked, ever looked sufficiently longly upon an envelope. Admittedly it is but a covering;  it bears an economic classification: its character is the civil clothing of whatever purepassionpallid or plaguepurple nakedness it may or may not contain. Yet to concentrate solely on the psychological content or even the mental configuration of any document to the neglect of the facts which circumstance it is as hurtful to good sense (and let us add, good taste) as were the indian when presented by a friend to a lady of the latter's acquaintance straightaway to vision her in unapparelled naturalness deliberately closing his eyes to the fact that she was after all wearing some definite articles of clothing, inharmonious, a captious one might say, not strictly necessary, a little irritating but suddenly full of local & personal colour, suggestive of much more, capable of being stretched if need were, their parts capable, even, of being separated for closer comparison by the careful hand of an expert.  Who in his heart doubts either that the facts of clothing are there and that the feminine fiction, stranger than the facts, is there at the same time, and that one may be separated from the other, that both may be contemplated & that each may be considered in turn apart from the other successively?"

FDV2: "Has anyone, it might with profit some cloudy evening be quietly suggested, ever looked sufficiently longly upon a stamped addressed envelope. Admittedly it is but a covering; it bears an economic classification: its character is the civil clothing of whatever purepassionpallid or nudity or plaguepurple nakedness it may or may not contain. Yet to concentrate solely on the psychological content or even the mental configuration of any document to the neglect of the facts which circumstance it is as hurtful to good sense (and let us add, the best taste) as were someone or other when perhaps presented by a friend of his to a lady of the latter's acquaintance straightaway to vision her in unapparelled naturalness deliberately closing his eyes to the fact that she was after all wearing some definite articles of clothing, inharmonious, a captious one might say, or not strictly necessary, or a little irritating but still suddenly full of local colour & personal perfume, suggestive of much more, capable of being stretched if need were, their parts capable, even, of being separated for closer comparison by the careful hand of an expert. Who in his heart doubts either that the facts of feminine clothing are there and that the feminine fiction, stranger than the facts, is there at the same time, and that one may be separated from the other, that both may then be contemplated simultaneously & that each may be considered in turn apart from the other successively?"

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