A CHILD OF NATURE 
living whs not possessed bv, but in 
possession ot\ the spirit of the dead. 
There was no subjugation ot per- 
sonality, no passive surrender to 
another will ; there was complete 
sympathy and perfect compre- 
hension. 
In Parkman's rich but unrational- 
ised experience the story told by 
Foster's notes was a torch held aloft 
in a dim treasure-house rilled with 
things of priceless value brought 
together from the ends of the earth, 
but lying in contusion, without the 
illumination of order or light. Its 
effect upon his unripe intelligence 
was like the quickening ol the sun 
at the hour when the earth is in a 
passion o{ fertility ; it brought him 
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