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his toys. The workman, the author, the artist were entirely 

 subjugated in him to the gentleman. That was his favorite 

 idea. The gentleman was the full flower, of which all the 

 others were suggestions and parts. The gentleman is, to the 

 various powers and cultivations of the man, what the tone 

 is to the picture, which lies in no single color, but in the har- 

 mony of the whole. The gentleman is the final bloom of the 

 man. But no man could be a gentleman without original 

 nobleness of feeling and genuineness of character. Gentle- 

 ness was developed from that by experience and study, as 

 the delicate tinge upon precious fruits, by propitious circum- 

 stances and healthy growth. 



In this feeling, which was a constituent of his character, 

 lay the secret of the appearance of hauteur that was so often 

 remarked in him, to which Miss Bremer alludes, and which 

 all his friends perceived, more or less distinctly. Its origin 

 was, doubtless, twofold. It sprang first from his exquisite 

 mental organization, which instinctively shrunk from what- 

 ever was coarse or crude, and which made his artistic taste 

 so true and fine. That easily extended itself to demand the 

 finest results of men, as of trees, and fruits, and flowers; and 

 then committed the natural error of often accepting the 

 appearance of this result, where the fact was wanting. 

 Hence he had a natural fondness for the highest circles of 

 society - - a fondness as deeply founded as his love of the 

 best possible fruits. His social tendency was constantly 

 toward those to whom great wealth had given opportunity 

 of that ameliorating culture, - - of surrounding beautiful 

 homes with beautiful grounds, and filling them with refined 

 and beautiful persons, which is the happy fortune of few. 

 Hence, also, the fact that his introduction to Mr. Murray 

 was a remembered event, because the mind of the boy 

 instantly recognized that society to which, by affinity, he 

 belonged; and hence, also, that admiration of the character 

 and the life of the English gentleman, which was life-long 

 with him, and which made him, when he went to England, 

 naturally and directly at home among them. From this, 

 also, came his extreme fondness for music, although he had 



