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7272 yet the more there is in a man that others never can know, the less can he ever divine how he appears to others. It is not to be denied that there is a certain degree of analogy between a man's attitude toward his house [and] toward his dress. If not a gentleman's whole country-seat, at least, the room he alone inhabits,—his den,—is an expression of his soul. It is a part of his garb. And on the other hand, if not one's everyday clothes, at any rate, one's broad ribbon, one's star, one's écharpe [scarf], is no part of one's self, but is a belonging proper to one's dignity. What makes a man ridiculous who struts in his uniform is precisely that that uniform is so obviously no expression of himself but an appurtenance. There is naturally something corresponding to a strut about one's place. That is all right. The estate is not expected to be the presentment of the man. Thus both instincts enter into both Dwelling and Dress: | 72 |