Word: scutcheonâ
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...figure dizzily perched on the precarious eminence of perfection. He is permitted no faults, no weaknesses?other than the exalted one of physical ill-health. On the other hand, there have been daring iconoclasts no less superlative in their attacks upon this knight of the spotless scutcheon??? notably W. E. Henley, his erstwhile patron and intimate, who registered savage protest against the "Seraph in Chocolate," the "Barley-Sugar Effigy" of legend. With nicely considered moderation, Mr. Steuart aims at the truth behind the haze of contradiction...
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