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So four o'clock finds Webster up and dressed and bound for the little study in his garden (the only building spared by the fire which destroyed the house in 1878) and beginning his correspondence. If he has no secretary he writes himself, and by time breakfast is announced twenty letters, all franked and sealed, are ready to be posted. SO FOUR O'CLOCK FINDS WEBSTER UP AND DRESSED AND BOUND FOR THE LITTLE STUDY IN HIS GARDEN THE ONLY BUILDING SPARED BY THE FIRE WHICH DESTROYED THE HOUSE IN EIGHTEEN SEVENTY EIGHT AND BEGINNING HIS CORRESPONDENCE IF HE HAS NO SECRETARY HE WRITES HIMSELF AND BY TIME BREAKFAST IS ANNOUNCED TWENTY LETTERS ALL FRANKED AND SEALED ARE READY TO BE POSTED
 those who like to think of great men in those intimate moments which are most personally characteristic of them. We must rise early in the morning if we would accompany him on his day's round. He himself is up at sunrise, for the sunrise is to him signal to new life. As he once wrote: "Among all our good people not one in a thousand sees the sun rise once a year. They know nothing of the morning. Their idea of it is that part of the day which comes along after a cup of coffee and a beefsteak or a piece of toast. With them morning is not a new issuing of light, a new bursting forth of the sun, a new waking up of all that has life from a sort of temporary death, to behold again the works of God, the heavens and the earth.... The first faint streak of light, the earliest purpling of the east which the lark springs up to greet, and the deeper and deeper coloring into orange and red, till at length the 'glorious sun is seen, regent of the day'--this they never enjoy, for they never see it. ICALLY IN THE MEMORIES OF THOSE WHO LIKE TO THINK OF GREAT MEN IN THOSE INTIMATE MOMENTS WHICH ARE MOST PERSONALLY CHARACTERISTIC OF THEM WE MUST RISE EARLY IN THE MORNING IF WE WOULD ACCOMPANY HIM ON HIS DAY'S ROUND HE HIMSELF IS UP AT SUNRISE FOR THE SUNRISE IS TO HIM SIGNAL TO NEW LIFE AS HE ONCE WROTE AMONG ALL OUR GOOD PEOPLE NOT ONE IN A THOUSAND SEES THE SUNRISE ONCE A YEAR THEY KNOW NOTHING OF THE MORNING THEIR IDEA OF IT IS THAT PART OF THE DAY WHICH COMES ALONG AFTER A CUP OF COFFEE AND A BEEF STEAK OR A PIECE OF TOAST WITH THEM MORNING IS NOT A NEW ISSUING OF LIGHT A NEW BURSTING FORTH OF THE SUN A NEW WAKING UP OF ALL THAT HAS LIFE FROM A SORT OF TEMPORARY DEATH TO BEHOLD AGAIN THE WORKS OF GOD THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH THE FIRST FAINT STREAK OF LIGHT THE EARLIEST PURPLING OF THE EAST WHICH THE LARK SPRINGS UP TO GREET AND THE DEEPER AND DEEPER COLOURING INTO ORANGE AND RED TILL AT LENGTH THE GLORIOUS SUN IS SEEN REGENT OF THE DAY THIS THEY NEVER ENJOY FOR THEY NEVER SEE IT
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