"The Magistrate suffered from the disability of a free-thinking turn of mind and from a life that was barren and dreary to match."

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I am tired of tears and laughter, And men that laugh and weep Of what may come hereafter For men that sow to reap: I am weary of days and hours, Blown buds of barren flowers, Desires and dreams and powers And everything but sleep.

— Algernon Charles Swinburne