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A CHILD OF NATURE 
saved by the discovery that if he 
could not give his thought full flow 
and volume, he could at least keep 
a record of it ; a kind of tally of ex- 
perience. In these years of search- 
ing observation, of deep reading, of 
quiet meditation, the world had 
gradually become clear to his im- 
agination in its vast and infinitely 
diversified life. As a student he 
had lived in many ages, explored 
many countries, seen many cities, 
heard many languages, and pene- 
trated many experiences ; as a lover 
of Nature he had learned many se- 
crets of woods and fields and chang- 
ing skies ; as a sensitive, responsive, 
meditative man he had come to 
know life deeply and with sanity 
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