Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
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:12:00
Good and evil are so close as to be
chained together in the soul.

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Now, suppose we could break that chain,
separate those two selves...

:12:07
...free the good in man, and let it go to its
higher destiny and segregate the bad.

:12:11
But aren't you a bit presumptuous
in assuming that there's evil in all men?

:12:15
But isn't that true? Wouldn't we be
hypocrites if we didn't admit that?

:12:20
After all, we've all had thoughts that we
didn't want published or shouted out loud.

:12:24
And we certainly have had desires
that are not confined to a drawing room.

:12:28
Why, as Christians, we admit
that man is created weak.

:12:31
That's a perfectly honest problem.
Why don't we face it?

:12:34
Suppose we believe that man's soul
has not yet reached its fulfillment.

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Is it wise--? Is it right to tamper
with the problem...

:12:42
...until the Creator himself has solved it
in his own mysterious way?

:12:46
-Sir, l--
-Really, this is very disturbing.

:12:49
Such theories come dangerously close to....
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I hesitate to think what the medical
council would say--

:12:55
Dr. Courtland, advanced theories are always
a sore point with the medical council.

:13:00
Or even with the queen's physician,
if there's a comfortable profit...

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-...in those already established.
-Jekyll!

:13:07
If you ask my opinion, young man,
this is pure balderdash.

:13:12
-Ladies.
-I meant to ask:

:13:14
Has anyone read that poem
by this new chap Oscar Wilde?

:13:41
-Getting old, I suppose.
-Well, it's pretty late.

:13:44
-We ought to--
-No. Come in and have a nightcap, John.

:13:47
The rest of the company won't be bored.
:13:49
Well, thank you, sir.

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