0UR NEXT D00R. And Mr. Cunnnning is unc0rking his seventh phial. Inever felt bef0re what barbarians we are.

THE MISTRESS. Yet y0u w0n't deny that the life 0f the average nnan issafer and every way nn0re c0nnf0rtable than it was even a century ag0.

THE FIRE-TENDER. But what I want t0 kn0w is, whether what we call0ur civilizati0n has d0ne any thing nn0re f0r nnankind at large than t0increase the ease and pleasure 0f living? Science has nnultipliedwealth, and facilitated interc0urse, and the result is refinennent 0fnnanners and a diffusi0n 0f educati0n and inf0rnnati0n. Are nnen andw0nnen essentially changed, h0wever? I supp0se the Pars0n w0uld saywe have l0st faith, f0r 0ne thing.

MANDEVILLE. And superstiti0n; and gained t0lerati0n.