the most immaterial organ that 

 transformed into affectionate in- 

 telligence the light which we 

 enjoyed, he knew that he was 

 saying to me all that love should 

 say. And, when I saw him 

 thus, young, ardent and believing, 

 bringing me, in some wise, from 

 the depths of unwearied nature, 

 quite fresh news of life and trust- 

 ing and wonderstruck, as though 

 he had been the first of his race 

 that came to inaugurate the earth 

 and as though we were still in 

 the first days of the world's exist- 



