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George Eliot, in one of her novels, has a good-natured mother, who confesses that when she administers justice she is obliged to spare the offenders who have fair hair, because they look so much more innocent than the rest. And if this is the state of maternal feelings where all are more or less fair, what must be the miscarriage of justice in countries where a "blond" angel makes his infrequent visit within the family circle?
In England he is the rule, and supreme as a matter of course. He is