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I am quite sure, as we accompany him, he will expatiate on the improvement in the soil which he has effected; that he will point out eagerly not only the domestic but the wild animals about the place; and that he will stand for a few moments on the high bluff overlooking the sea and the marshes and let the wind blow through his dark hair. I AM QUITE SURE AS WE ACCOMPANY HIM HE WILL EXPATIATE ON THE IMPROVEMENT IN THE SOIL WHICH HE HAS EFFECTED THAT HE WILL POINT OUT EAGERLY NOT ONLY THE DOMESTIC BUT THE WILD ANIMALS ABOUT THE PLACE AND THAT HE WILL STAND FOR A FEW MOMENTS ON THE HIGH BLUFF OVERLOOKING THE SEA AND THE MARSHES AND THAT THE WIND BLOW THROUGH HIS DARK HAIR
ears passes with them! Years of full living, of generous living; of deep emotions; of glory; years of ambition; of bereavement; of grief. It is all to pass--these happy days at Marshfield; the wife he so fondly cared for; the children he so deeply cherished. Sycophants are to fill, in a measure, the place of friends, the money which now flows in so freely is to entangle and ensnare him; the lofty aspiration which now inspires him is to degenerate into a presidential ambition which will eat into his soul. But to-day let us, as long as we may, see him as he is in the height of his powers. Let us walk with him under the trees which he planted. Those large elms, gracefully silhouetted against the house, were placed there with his own hands at the birth of his son Edward and his daughter Julia, and he always refers to them gently as "brother" and "sister." To plant a tree to mark an event was one of his picturesque customs--an unconscious desire, perhaps, to project himself into the future. MNLY WHAT PROCESSION OF THE YEARS PASSES WITH THEM YEARS OF FULL LIVING OF GENEROUS LIVING OF DEEP EMOTIONS OF GLORY YEARS OF AMBITION OF BEREAVEMENT OF GRIEF IT IS ALL TO PASS THESE HAPPY DAYS AT MARSFIELD THE WIFE HE SO FONDLY CARED FOR THE CHILDREN HE SO DEEPLY CHERISHED PSYCHOPHANTS ARE TO FILL IN A MEASURE IN THE PLACE OF FRIENDS THE MONEY WHICH NOW FLOWS IN SO FREELY IS TO ENTANGLE AND ENSNARE HIM THE LOFTY ASPIRATION WHICH NOW INSPIRES HIM IS TO DEGENERATE INTO A PRESIDENTIAL AMBITION WHICH WILL EAT INTO HIS SOUL BUT TO DAY LET US AS LONG AS WE MAY SEE HIM AS HE IS IN THE HEIGHT OF HIS POWERS LET US WALK WITH HIM UNDER THE TREES WHICH HE PLANTED THOSE LARGE ELMS GRACEFULLY SILHOUETTED AGAINST THE HOUSE WERE PLACED THERE WITH HIS OWN HANDS AT THE BIRTH OF HIS SON EDWARD AND HIS DAUGHTER JULIA AND HE ALWAYS REFERS TO THEM GENTLY AS BROTHER AND SISTER TO PLANT A TREE TO MARK AN EVENT WAS ONE OF HIS PICTURESQUE CUSTOMS AN UNCONSCIOUS DESIRE PERHAPS TO PROTECT HIMSELF INTO THE FUTURE
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