THE BEGINNING OF A BOOK. 
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energy ? One thing: to comprehend it,—to explain it, 
if I could,—to pour light upon it, and supply it with 
a generous interpretation. 
My wife and I returned home dreaming and 
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understanding one another without speaking. What 
had previously been an amusement, a curiosity, and a 
study, thenceforth became a Book. 
