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f: he took it down; and withdrawing to his accustomed window recess; he began to read it。

Now; I did not like this; reader。 St。 John was a good man; but I began to feel he had spoken truth of himself when he said he was hard and cold。 The humanities and amenities of life had no attraction for him—its peaceful enjoyments no charm。 Literally; he lived only to aspire—after what was good and great; certainly; but still he would never rest; nor approve of others resting round him。 As I looked at his lofty forehead; still and pale as a white stone— at his fine lineaments fixed in study—I prehended all at once that he would hardly make a good husband: that it would be a trying thing to be his wife。 I understood; as by inspiration; the nature of his love for Miss Oliver; I agreed with him that it was but a love of the senses。 I prehended how he should despise himself for the feverish influence it exercised over him; how he should wish to stifle and destroy it; how he should mistrust its ever conducting permanently to his happiness or hers。 I saw he was of the material from which nature hews her heroes—Christian and Pagan—her lawgivers; her statesmen; her conquerors: a steadfast bulwark for great interests to rest upon; but; at the fireside; too often a cold cumbrous column; gloomy and out of place。

“This parlour is not his sphere;” I reflected: “the Himalayan ridge or Caffre bush; even the plague…cursed Guinea Coast swamp would suit him better。 Well may he eschew the ca

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