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Unit7
TheMonster
DeemsTaylor
1Hewasanundersizedlittleman,withaheadtoobigforhisbody―asicklylittle
man.Hisnerveswerebad.Hehadskintrouble.Itwasagonyforhimtowear
anythingnexttohisskincoarserthansilk.Andhehaddelusionsofgrandeur.
2Hewasamonsterofconceit.Neverforoneminutedidhelookattheworldorat
people,exceptinrelationtohimself.Hebelievedhimselftobeoneofthegreatest
dramatistsintheworld,oneofthegreatestthinkers,andoneofthegreatest
composers.Tohearhimtalk,hewasShakespeare,andBeethoven,andPlato,rolled
intoone.Hewasoneofthemostexhaustingconversationaliststhateverlived.
Sometimeshewasbrilliant;sometimeshewasmaddeninglytiresome.Butwhether
hewasbeingbrilliantordull,hehadonesoletopicofconversation:himself.What
hethoughtandwhathedid.
3Hehadamaniaforbeingintheright.Theslightesthintofdisagreement,from
anyone,onthemosttrivialpoint,wasenoughtosethimoffonaharanguethat
mightlastforhours,inwhichheprovedhimselfrightinsomanyways,andwith
suchexhaustingvolubility,thatintheendhishearer,stunnedanddeafened,would
agreewithhim,forthesakeofpeace.
4Itneveroccurredtohimthatheandhisdoingwerenotofthemostintenseand
fascinatinginteresttoanyonewithwhomhecameincontact.Hehadtheoriesabout
almostanysubjectunderthesun,includingvegetarianism,thedrama,politics,and
music;andinsupportofthesetheorieshewrotepamphlets,letters,books
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