e.Iwassorrytofinish"DieHarzreise,"sofullofhappywitticismsandcharmingdescriptionsofvine-cladhills,streamsthatsingandrippleinthesunshine,andwildregions,sacredtotraditionandlegend,thegraysistersofalong-vanished,imaginativeage--descriptionssuchasbegivenonlybythosetowhomnatureis"afeeling,aloveandae.”

    Mr.GilmaninstructedmepartoftheyearinEnglishliterature.Wereadtogether,"AsYouLikeIt,"Burkes"SpeeciliationwithAmerica,"andMacaulays"LifeofSamuelJohnson.&quilmansbroadviews

    ofhistoryandliteratureandhiscleverexplanationsmademyworkeasierandpleasahanitcouldhavebeenhadIonlyreadnotesmeicallywiththenecessarilybriefexplanationsgivenintheclasses.

    BurkesspeechwasmoreinstructivethananyotherbookonapoliticalsubjectthatIhadeverread.Mymindstirredwiththestirringtimes,andthecharactersroundwhichthelifeoftwotendingnatioredseemedtomhtbeforeme.Iwonderedmoreandmore,whileBurkesmasterlyspeechrolledoninmightysurgesofeloquence,howitwasthatKingGeeandhisministerscouldhaveturnedadeafeartohiswarningprophecyofourvictoryandtheirhumiliation.Theeredintothemelancholydetailsoftherelationinwhichthegreatstatesmanstoodtohispartyandtotherepresentativesofthepeople.Ithoughtheitwasthatsuchpreciousseedsoftruthandwisdomshouldhavefallenamoaresofignorandcorruption.

    InadifferentwayMacaulays"LifeofSamuelJohnson"wasiing.MyheartwentouttothelonelymanwhoatethebreadofaffliinGrubStreet,a,inthemidstoftoilandcruelsufferingofbodyandsoul,alwayshadakindword,aahelpinghan