THE BEGINNING OF A BOOK. 
energy ? One thing: to comprehend it,—to explain it, 
if I could,—to pour light upon it, and supply it with 
a generous interpretation, 
My wife and I returned home dreaming, and 
understanding one another without speaking, What 
had previously been an amusement, a curiosity, and a 
study, thenceforth became a Book. 
