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It is a curious experience to walk, as I did, recently, behind a man dressed in one’s old
suit. You have a vision of yourself, or, if you will, a glimpse of your double. This being the
first time I had seen the suit from the back, a vague sense of familiarity preceded
recognition, and how kindly and liberal a coat it was, and how easy and how many years
it still had before it, and I perceived sorrowfully that I had given away as noble a set of
garments as man ever possessed.