Word: egoist
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...will find Lucy and Richard in "The Ordeal of Richard Feverall," by George Meredith, which you will instantly order and read; after that you will order and read "The Egoist," by the same; and then I will leave you to yourself. This recommendation, or rather order, is well worth the postage it has cost you. I have read "Richard" thrice; and "The Egoist" six times, nor am I yet done with them...
...What is my duty," is the great question. The unwavering egoist answers, that you have none but your own pleasure. The fatalist answers, that since you are the product of your environments, you must yield to them. No one can decide whether a man shall follow the course of expediency or of simple duty, each must weigh that question for himself...