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Nancy was more impulsive than industrious, more generous than wise, more plucky than prudent; she had none too much perseverance and no patience at all. NANCY WAS MORE IMPULSIVE THAN INDUSTRIOUS MORE GENEROUS AND WISE MORE PLUCKY THAN PRUDENT SHE HAD NONE TO TOO MUCH PERSEVERANCE AND NO PATIENCE AT ALL
ntinually searched for news, both of herself and of the immediate world about her. If you did not keep looking at her every "once in so often" you couldn't keep up with the progress of events; she might flash a dozen telegrams to somebody, about something, while your head was turned away. Kathleen could be safely left unwatched for an hour or so without fear of change; her moods were less variable, her temper evener; her interest in the passing moment less keen, her absorption in the particular subject less intense. Walt Whitman might have been thinking of Nancy when he wrote:-- There was a child went forth every day And the first object he looked upon, that object he became, And that object became part of him for the day, or a certain part of the day Or for many years, or stretching cycles of years. Kathleen's nature needed to be stirred, Nancy's to be controlled, the impulse coming from within, the only way that counts in the end, though the guiding force may be applied from without. NANCY'S EYES HAD TO BE CONTINUALLY SEARCHED FOR NEWS BOTH OF HERSELF AND OF THE IMMEDIATE WORLD ABOUT HER IF YOU DID NOT KEEP LOOKING AT HER EVERY ONCE AND SO OFTEN YOU COULDN'T KEEP UP WITH THE PROGRESS OF EVENTS SHE MIGHT FLASH A DOZEN TELEGRAMS TO SOMEBODY ABOUT SOMETHING WHILE YOUR HEAD WAS TURNED AWAY CATHARINE COULD BE SAFELY LEFT UNWATCHED FOR AN HOUR OR SO WITHOUT FEAR OF CHANGE HER MOODS WERE LESS VARIABLE HER TEMPER EVENER HER INTEREST IN THE PASSING MOMENT LESS KEEN HER ABSORPTION IN THE PARTICULAR SUBJECT LESS INTENSE WALT WHITMAN MIGHT HAVE BEEN THINKING OF NANCY WHEN HE WROTE THERE WAS A CHILD WENT FORTH EVERY DAY AND THE FIRST OBJECT HE LOOKED UPON THE OBJECT HE BECAME AND THE OBJECT BECAME PART OF HIM FOR THE DAY OR A CERTAIN PART OF THE DAY OR FOR MANY YEARS OR STRETCHING CYCLES OF YEARS CATHERINE'S NATURE NEEDED TO BE STIRRED NANCY'S TO BE CONTROLLED THE IMPULSE COMING FROM WITHIN THE ONLY WAY THAT COUNTS IN THE END THOUGH THE GUIDING FORCE MAY BE APPLIED FROM WITHOUT
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