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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

by Robert Louis Stevenson
Part
1.
Mr. Utterson the lawyer was a man of a rugged countenance, that was never
lighted by a smile; cold, scanty and embarrassed it
discourse; backward in sentiment;
lean, long, dusty dreary, and yet somehow lovable. At friendly meetings, and when the wine was to his taste, something eminently human beaconed from his eye,
something indeed which never found its way into his talk, but which spoke not only in these silent symbols of the after-dinner face, but
more often and loudly in the
acts of his life. He was austere with himself, drank gin when he was alone, to mortify a taste
for vintages; and though he enjoyed the theatre, had not crossed the
doors of one
for twenty years. But he had an approved tolerance for others; sometimes wondering, almost with envy, at the high pressure of spirits involved in their
misdeeds; and in any extremity inclined to help rather than to reprove.
2 "I incline to, Cain's heresy*,." he used
say.
let my brother go to the devil in his quaintly 'own way." In this character, it was frequently his fortune to be the last
reputable acquaintance and the
as to such as these, so long as they came about his chambers, he never
last good influence in the lives of down-going men. And
marked a shade of change in his demeanour.
and even his friendship seemed to be founded in a similar catholicity of good-
3 No doubt the feat was easy to Mr. Utterson; for he was undemonstrative at the best,
nature. It is the mark of a modest man to accept his friendly circle ready-made from the hands of opportunity; and that was the lawyer's way. His friends were those
of his own blood or those whom he had known the longest; his affections, like ivy,
were the growth of time, they implied no aptness in the object. Hence, no doubt,
bond that united him to Mr. Richard Enfield, his distant kinsman, the well-known man about town. It was a nut to crack for many, what these two could see in
the each other, or what subject they could find in common. It was reported by those who encountered them in their Sunday walks, that they said nothing, looked
singularly dull, and would hall with obvious relief the appearance of a friend. For all that, the two men put the greatest store by these excursions, counted them the all
week, and not only set aside occasions ( pleasure, but even resisted the calls of business, that they might enjoy them uninterrupted.
chief jewel of each
*The biblical story of Cain and Abel is a story about two brothers who gave offerings to God. Abel's offering was accepted by God, but Cain's was not. Jealous, Cain
killed his brother.
When God asked Cain where Abel was, Cain said, "Am I my brother's keeper?" By saying this, Cain implied that what his brother did was his
own
business. (Genesis 4:1-16)
Which of these types of people would most likely
share Mr. Utterson's point of view about humanity?

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Answer:

People that would most likely share Mr. Utterson's point of view about humanity would be older siblings.

Step-by-step explanation:

Most older siblings often get worn out over watching over the younger child because they have things they want to do instead.

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