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A CHILD OF NATURE 
whole being. On the instant he 
understood many things which the 
poets had told him in a language he 
had not learned. He was a born 
lover, being of a pure mind and a 
rich imagination ; and he wore the 
crown of life in silent blissfulness. 
He could not have spoken if he 
would, for speech was denied him ; 
but his nature was atune and, like 
a sensitive harp, vibrated at every 
touch of the unseen ringers. She 
played upon him and did not hear 
the music. Born to feel and to 
know rather than to speak and to 
act, for him love meant not passion, 
but surrender. He gave everything, 
and the great law was worked out 
in him ; for he regained what he 
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