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I do not intend to describe it to you. To do justice to the theme, I should have to be even a more brilliant and powerful writer than I am. To attempt the subject, without doing it justice, would be a waste of your time, sweet reader, and of mine  a still more important matter. I DO NOT INTEND TO DESCRIBE IT TO YOU TO DO JUSTICE TO THE THEME I SHOULD HAVE TO BE EVEN A MORE BRILLIANT AND POWERFUL WRITER THAN I AM TO ATTEMPT THE SUBJECT WITHOUT DOING IT JUSTICE WOULD BE A WASTE OF YOUR TIME SWEET READER AND OF MINE A STILL MORE IMPORTANT MATTER
side of the Rhine nearly the whole of the way, and we had a splendid view of the river, with the old-world towns and villages that cluster round its bank, the misty mountains that make early twilight upon its swiftly rolling waves, the castled crags and precipices that rise up sheer and majestic from its margin, the wooded rocks that hang with threatening frown above its sombre depths, the ruined towers and turrets that cap each point along its shores, the pleasant isles that stud like gems its broad expanse of waters. Few things in this world come up to expectation, especially those things of which one has been led to expect much, and about which one has heard a good deal. With this philosophy running in my head, I was prepared to find the Rhine a much over-rated river. I was pleasantly disappointed. The panorama which unfolded itself before our eyes, as we sped along through the quiet twilight that was deepening into starry night, was wonderfully beautiful, entrancing and expressive.  LINE KEEPS BY THE SIDE OF THE RHINE NEARLY THE WHOLE OF THE WAY AND WE HAD A SPLENDID VIEW OF THE RIVER WITH THE OLD WORLD TOWNS AND VILLAGES THAT CLUSTER ROUND ITS BANK THE MISTY MOUNTAINS THAT MAKE EARLY TWILIGHT UPON ITS SWIFTLY ROLLING WAVES THE CASTLED CRAGS AND PRECIPICES THAT RISE UP SHEER AND MAJESTIC FROM ITS MARGIN THE WOODED ROCKS THAT HANG WITH THREATENING FROWN ABOVE ITS SOMBRE DEPTHS THE RUINED TOWERS AND TURRETS THAT CAP EACH POINT ALONG ITS SHORES THE PLEASANT ISLES THAT STUD LIKE GEMS ITS BROAD EXPANSE OF WATERS FEW THINGS IN THIS WORLD COME UP TO EXPECTATION ESPECIALLY THOSE THINGS OF WHICH ONE HAS BEEN LED TO EXPECT MUCH AND ABOUT WHICH ONE HAS HEARD A GOOD DEAL WITH THIS PHILOSOPHY RUNNING IN MY HEAD I WAS PREPARED TO FIND THE RHINE A MUCH OVERRATED RIVER I WAS PLEASANTLY DISAPPOINTED THE PANORAMA WHICH UNFOLDED ITSELF BEFORE OUR EYES AS WE SPED ALONG THROUGH THE QUIET TWILIGHT THAT WAS DEEPENING INTO STARRY NIGHT WAS WONDERFULLY BEAUTIFUL ENTRANCING AND EXPRESSIVE
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