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A CHILD OF NATURE 
him ; but he remained silent. 
When this knowledge of the dis- 
parity between his material and his 
organising power became clear 
there was a tumult in his soul 
which marked the beginning of that 
crisis which shapes a man's char- 
acter and determines his fortunes. 
He was rilled with a passionate de- 
sire for silence and solitude ; for the 
detachment and isolation in which 
he might find himself; for he dis- 
covered that though he knew hosts 
of people, he had never met him- 
self face to face. He remembered 
the noble breadth of the landscape 
in the mountain region where John 
Foster lived ; he made his way to 
the little village ; he found an un- 
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