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But if anything excited a suspicion of my pupils, and putting on my spectacles, I saw that I was fondling a snake, or smelling at a bud with a worm in it, I sprang up in horror and ran away; or, if it seemed to me through the glasses, that a cherub smiled upon me, or a rose was blooming in my button hole, then I felt myself imperfect and impure, not fit to be leading and training what was so essentially superior to myself, and I kissed the children and left them weeping and wondering. BUT IF ANYTHING EXCITED A SUSPIC OF MY PUPILS AND PUTTING ON MY SPECTACLES I SAW THAT I WAS FONDLING A SNAKE OR SMELLING AT A BUD WITH A WORM IN IT I SPRANG UP IN HORROR AND RAN AWAY OR IF IT SEEMED TO ME THROUGH THE GLASSES THAT A CHERUB SMILED UPON ME OR A ROSE WAS BLOOMING IN MY BUTTONHOLE THEN I FELT MYSELF IMPERFECT AND IMPURE NOT FIT TO BE LEADING AND TRAINING WHAT WAS SO ESSENTIALLY SUPERIOR TO MYSELF AND I KISSED THE CHILDREN AND LEFT THEM WEEPING AND WONDERING
ated with the boundless view, and his chest heaved with an impossible desire, I saw Xerxes and his army, tossed and glittering, rank upon rank, multitude upon multitude, out of sight, but ever regularly advancing, and with confused roar of ceaseless music, prostrating themselves in abject homage. Or, as with arms outstretched and hair streaming on the wind, he chanted full lines of the resounding Iliad, I saw Homer pacing the Aegean sands of the Greek sunsets of forgotten times. "My grandmother died, and I was thrown into the world without resources, and with no capital but my spectacles. I tried to find employment, but everybody was shy of me. There was a vague suspicion that I was either a little crazed, or a good deal in league with the prince of darkness. My companions, who would persist in calling a piece of painted muslin, a fair and fragrant flower, had no difficulty; success waited for them around every corner, and arrived in every ship. "I tried to teach, for I loved children.  SPECTACLES AND AS HIS EYES DILATED WITH THE BOUNDLESS VIEW AND HIS CHEST HEAVED WITH AN IMPOSSIBLE DESIRE I SAW XERXES AND HIS ARMY TOSSED AND GLITTERING RANK UPON RANK MULTITUDE UPON MULTITUDE OUT OF SIGHT BUT EVER REGULARLY ADVANCING AND WITH CONFUSED ROAR OF CEASELESS MUSIC PROSTRATING THEMSELVES IN ABJECT HOMAGE OR AS WITH ARMS OUTSTRETCHED AND HAIR STREAMING ON THE WIND HE CHANTED FULL LINES OF THE RESOUNDING ILIAD I SAW HOMER PACING THE AEGEAN SANDS OF THE GREEK SUNSETS OF FORGOTTEN TIMES MY GRANDMOTHER DIED AND I WAS THROWN INTO THE WORLD WITHOUT RESOURCES AND WITH NO CAPITAL BUT MY SPECTACLES I TRIED TO FIND EMPLOYMENT BUT EVERYBODY WAS SHY OF ME THERE WAS A VAGUE SUSPICION THAT I WAS EITHER A LITTLE CRAZED OR A GOOD DEAL IN LEAGUE WITH THE PRINCE OF DARKNESS MY COMPANIONS WHO WOULD PERSIST IN CALLING A PIECE OF PAINTED MUSLIN A FAIR AND FRAGRANT FLOWER HAD NO DIFFICULTY SUCCESS WAITED FOR THEM AROUND EVERY CORNER AND ARRIVED IN EVERY SHIP I TRIED TO TEACH FOR I LOVED CHILDREN
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