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tradition of those days enables us to do it now, 

 though the conditions are much altered. This 

 tradition, however, is inseparably connected with 

 the scarlet coat, and the disappearance of one 

 would inevitably mean the weakening of the other. 

 The gaudy garment should not be looked on as an 

 adornment to the figure it covers, but as a badge 

 of honour, which entitles the owner to respect, and 

 at the same time lays on him the duty of universal 

 courtesy to the man who goes afoot." 



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