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gestions and parts. ' Tte gentleman is, to the various pow- 

 ers and cultivations of the maji, what the tone is to the 

 picture, which lies in no single color, but in the harmoiiy 

 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 gfenuineness of character. Gentle- 

 ness was developed from that by experience and study, as 

 thedelicate tinge upon precious fruits, by propitious circum- 

 stances arid healthy growth. 



in this feeling, which was a constituent of his charac- , 

 ter, lay the secret of the appearance of hauteur, that was 

 so often remarked In him, to ' which Miss Bremer al- 

 ludes, and which all his friends perceived, more or less dis- 

 tinctly. Its origin was, doubtlessj, twofold. It sprang 

 first froni his exquisite Jnerital organization, which instinct- 

 ively shrunk from whatever was coarse or crude, aind which 

 made his artistic taste so true and fine. That easily ex- 

 tended itself to demand tfie finest results of men, as of 

 trees, and fruits, and flowers ; and then committed the 

 natural error of often acrcepting the appearance of this re- 

 sult, 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 pf that ameliorating cultUte,' 

 — of surrounding beautiful homes with beautiful grounds, 

 and filling them with refined and beautiful persons, which 

 is the happy fortunfe of fdw. Hence, also, the fact that his 

 introduction to Mr. Murray was a remembered event, be- 

 cause the miMl of the boy instantly recognized that society 

 to which,, by affinity, he belonged ; and hence, also, that 

 admiration of the character and life of the Enghsh gentle- 

 mauj .^^hich was life-long with hipa, and which 'made him, 



