NEW CREATIONS IN PLANT LIFE 



of his thought. Some of those who have be- 

 lieved they knew him most completely have 

 found, even after the course of years, that they 

 have not yet crossed the threshold. 



A slight, lithe figure, which would appear 

 frail if it were not so well in proportion and so 

 closely knit, a figure full of nervous strength ; 

 hair slowly whitening, with a brown mus- 

 tache slightly streaked with gray; intense blue 

 eyes that are full of fire, or a-glint with earn- 

 estness, or twinkling with merriment, or sad 

 or gay or somber, as the mood passes ; a sensi- 

 tive mouth and chin ; the bronze of the west- 

 ern sun upon his cheeks. It is the face of a 

 poet, or a philosopher, or a sagacious man 

 of affairs, or, in the nobler sense, a fine, true 

 mystic ; for all of these, and more, he is bound 

 into one. 



He is quick of movement, soft and gentle of 

 speech, a rare conversationalist when in the 

 mood, though rather inclined to draw others 

 out than to advance his own views. Once 

 started upon some subject of deep interest, 

 however, and assured that his auditors are in 

 sympathy, his words come swift at the bidding 

 of his swifter thoughts. Sometimes in conver- 



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