A CHILD OF NATURE 
to swift and clear maturity; he 
knew what was in his own spirit, 
he discerned the specific meaning 
of Nature and art and history for 
him, he comprehended his relations 
to the complex world about him, 
and he saw by a lightning flash of 
intelligence what he was to do and 
with what tools he was to work. 
This experience, for a man of his 
type, was not unusual ; sensitive 
spirits, whose growth is completed 
by the extension of the imagination 
to the very limits of knowledge and 
experience, are always coming into 
possession of themselves by the in- 
terpretation of other and more ma- 
ture spirits ; and acquaintance with 
creative minds registers our own 
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