Monologue

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From Windows by John Galsworthy

male · philosophical · 1:37 min

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(Taking it as an invitation to his philosophical vein) Ah! that's one as goes to the roots of 'uman nature. There's a lot of disposition in all of us. And what I always say is: One man's disposition is another man's indisposition. (MR MARCH: By George! Just hits the mark.) (Filling his sponge) Question is: How far are you to give rein to your disposition? When I was in Durban, Natal, I knew a man who had the biggest disposition I ever come across. 'E struck 'is wife, 'e smoked opium, 'e was a liar, 'e gave all the rein 'e could, and yet withal one of the pleasantest men I ever met. (MR MARCH: Perhaps in giving rein he didn't strike you.) (With a big wipe, following his thought) He said to me once: "Joe," he said, "if I was to hold meself in, I should be a devil." There's where you get it. Policemen, priests, prisoners. Cab'net Ministers, any one who leads an unnatural life, see how it twists 'em. You can't suppress a thing without it swellin' you up in another place.

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30s · contemplation · human nature · identity · freedom · inner conflict

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