my power to tell you the or whether it may not expressly be forbidden me this tale of whose truth my companions were passionately desirous to convince themselves was greatly applauded they visited singly without confiding their intention to me or to each other the spot i had indicated found the the and the fountain but at a distance from one another they at last confessed it for at that age it is not easy to keep a secret but here was the beginning of strife one declared the objects never changed their places but preserved always the same distance fi om one another the second that they changed and went farther apart a third agreed that they moved but thought they approached one another a fourth had seen something still more remarkable the trees in the midst and and fountain on the sides opposite the spot where i had seen them about the door they varied as much in their impressions and thus i had an early example how men in cases quite simple and easy of decision form and maintain the most contrary opinions as i refused a to the adventure a repetition of this first part was frequently i took care never materially to vary the circumstances and the of the converted fable into truth for my hearers � und the acting out the mystery into life the calmness of survey and the of feeling above all the at the end and want of point to a tale got up with such an eye to effect as he goes along mark well the man that was to be even so did he demand in even so resolutely open the door in the first part of even so seem to play with himself and his in the second part of and yet was he deeply earnest in his play not for men but for himself to himself as a part of nature it was important to grow to lift his head to the light in nature he bad all confidence for man as a part of nature infinite hope but in him as an individual will seemingly not much trust at the earliest age the history of his marks his course they were entered into with passionate eagerness but always ended in an observation of the intellect and he left them on his road as the snake leaves his skin the first man he met of force to command a large share of his attention was and the benefit of this intercourse was critical not genial of the good he soon perceived the weakness again commanded his respect but the force of also was cold but in the grand duke of he seems to have met a character strong enough to exercise a decisive influence upon his own was not so and worldly that a little man could ever have become his me in the and her son he found that practical sagacity large knowledge of things as they are active force and genial feeling which he had never before seen combined the wise mind of the gave the first impulse to the noble course of but that her son should have availed himself of the foundation she laid is praise enough in a world where there is such a from u j parental influence that it generally seems that the child makes use of the directions given by the parent only to avoid the prescribed path the duke availed himself of guidance though with a perfect independence in action the had the unusual wisdom to know the right time for giving up the reins and thus maintained her authority as far as the weight of her character was calculated to give it of her was thinking when he wrote the admirable woman is she who if the husband dies can be a father to the children the duke seems to have been one of those characters which are best known by the impression their personal presence makes on us resembling an and force rather than wearing the features of an individuality describes him as is gifted with an instinctive spontaneous force which at once without calculation or foresight chooses the right means to an end as these beings do not calculate so is their influence their repose has as much influence over other beings as their action even as the thunder cloud lying black and distant in the summer sky is not less imposing than when it bursts and gives forth its quick such men were and they had also distinct talents but their influence was from a perception in the minds of men of this spontaneous energy in their natures sometimes though rarely we see such a man in an obscure position circumstances have not led him to a large sphere he may not have expressed in words a single thought worth but by his eye and voice he rules all around him he stands upon his feet with a firmness and calm security which make other men seem to halt and in their gait in his deep eye is seen an infinite comprehension an infinite reserve of power no accent of his voice is lost on any ear within hearing and when he speaks men hate or fear perhaps the disturbing power they feel but never dream of but hear himself the boy believed in nature in the and the intelligent and unconscious to discover somewhat which manifested itself only through contradiction and therefore not be comprehended by any conception much less by a word it was not divine for it seemed without reason not human because without understanding not devilish because it worked to good not because it betrayed a love of mischief it was like chance in that it proved no it suggested the thought of providence because it indicated to this all our seem it seemed to play at will with all the elements of our being it compressed time and dilated 