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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. 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
thracite furnaces will glow and soften. Twenty years from now he will gaze out upon his oxen once again from the window before which he has asked to be carried, as he lies waiting for death. Weariness, disease, and disappointment have weakened the elasticity of his spirit, and as they pass--his beloved oxen, slowly, solemnly--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 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. ICH CARLYLE LIKENED TO ANTHRACITE FURNACES WILL GLOW AND SOFT HIM TWENTY YEARS FROM NOW HE WILL GAZE OUT UPON HIS OXEN ONCE AGAIN FROM THE WINDOW BEFORE WHICH HE HAS ASKED TO BE CARRIED AS HE LIES WAITING FOR DEATH WEARINESS DISEASE AND DISAPPOINTMENT HAVE WEAKENED THE ELASTICITY OF HIS SPIRIT AND AS THEY PASS HIS BELOVED OXEN SLOWLY SOLEMNLY 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
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