A CHILD OF NATURE 
taneous, as mysterious as Dionysus ; 
in whom was embodied not only 
the ripe glow of the wine, but the 
rreedom, the spontaneity, the leap- 
ing vitality, the power of abandon, 
the radiant genius of the liberated 
imagination. All these things were 
in his heart, slowly and dumbly 
rising into his mind. 
Those who saw him saw none of 
these things ; thev saw a shy New 
England boy, quiet, silent, intent 
mainly on keeping out of the way. 
There was a dawning nobility in 
the depth of the eve, the purity 
of the brow, the moulding of the 
head ; but only those who were 
looking for the signs of greatness 
i discerned these hints and fore- 
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