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had the least to be proud of. It is among the 

 ranks of the poorest singers that one meets 

 with the most self-conceit. Do you think that 

 Jenny Lind, "the Swedish Nightingale," as 

 she is called — the sweetest singer, probably, 

 on the face of the globe — do you think she is 

 puffed up with pride on account of her talent ? 

 Not she. She is one of the most humble and 

 modest of women. She has too much merit to 

 be conceited. 



But I must stop talking in this strain, or 

 you will say I am preaching, instead of telling 

 stories about birds. 



