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There hung a caged bird here and there at a door in the poorer streets; but Gibbie's love embraced the lower creation also, and too tenderly for the enjoyment of its melody. THERE HUNG A CAGE BIRD HERE AND THERE AT A DOOR IN THE POORER STREETS BUT GIBBEY'S LOVE EMBRACED THE LOWER CREATION ALSO AND TOO TENDERLY FOR THE ENJOYMENT OF ITS MELODY
ed to fall back upon the imperfections of humanity, and acknowledge them as its laws. Its improbability, judged by the experience of most men, I admit; its unreality in fact, I deny; and its absolute unity with the true idea of humanity, I believe and assert. It is hardly necessary for me now to remark, seeing my narrative must already have suggested it, that what kept Gibbie pure and honest was the rarely-developed, ever-active love of his kind. The human face was the one attraction to him in the universe. In deep fact, it is so to everyone; I state but the commonest reality in creation; only in Gibbie the fact had come to the surface; the common thing was his in uncommon degree and potency. Gibbie knew no music except the voice of man and woman; at least no other had as yet affected him. To be sure he had never heard much. Drunken sea-songs he heard every night almost; and now and then on Sundays he ran through a zone of psalm-singing; but neither of those could well be called music.  ATTEMPT AND COMPELLED TO FALL BACK UPON THE IMPERFECTIONS OF HUMANITY AND ACKNOWLEDGE THEM AS ITS LOSS ITS IMPROBABILITY JUDGED BY THE EXPERIENCE OF MOST MEN I HAD MEANT ITS UNREALITY IN FACT I DENY AND ITS ABSOLUTE UNITY WITH THE TRUE IDEA OF HUMANITY I BELIEVE AND ASSERT IT IS HARDLY NECESSARY FOR ME NOW TO REMARK SEEING MY NARRATIVE MUST ALREADY HAVE SUGGESTED IT THAT WHAT KEPT GIBBEY PURE AND HONEST WAS THE RARELY DEVELOPED EVER ACTIVE LOVE OF HIS KIND THE HUMAN FACE WAS THE ONE ATTRACTION TO HIM IN THE UNIVERSE IN DEEP FACT IT IS SO TO EVERYONE I STATE BUT THE COMMONEST REALITY AND CREATION ONLY IN GIBBEY THE FACT HAD COME TO THE SURFACE THE COMMON THING WAS HIS IN UNCOMMON DEGREE AND POTENCY GIBBEY KNEW NO MUSIC EXCEPT THE VOICE OF MAN AND WOMAN AT LEAST NO OTHER HAD AS YET AFFECTED HIM TO BE SURE HE HAD NEVER HEARD MUCH DRUNKEN SEA SONGS HE HEARD EVERY NIGHT ALMOST AND NOW AND THEN ON SUNDAYS HE RAN THROUGH A ZONE OF PSALM SINGING BUT NEITHER OF THOSE COULD WELL BE CALLED MUSIC
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