inmyopinion.Theeyeisfavourable.

    “Astothemouth,itdelightsattimesinlaughter;itisdisposedtoimpartallthatthebrainceives;thoughIdaresayitwouldbesilentonmuchtheheartexperiences.Mobileandflexible,itwaseobepressediernalsilenceofsolitude:itisamouthwhichshouldspeakmudsmileoften,andhavehumaionforitsinterlocutor.Thatfeaturetooispropitious.

    “Iseeoafortunateissuebutinthebrow;andthatbrowprofessestosay,—‘Ilivealone,ifself-respedcircumstancesrequiremesotodo.Isellmysoultobuybliss.Ihaveaninwardtreasurebornwithme,whikeepmealiveifallextraneousdelightsshouldbewithheld,orofferedonlyatapriceIotaffive.’Theforeheaddeclares,‘Reasonsitsfirmandholdsthereins,andshewillhefeelingsburstawayandhurryhertowildchasms.Thepassionsmayragefuriously,liketrueheathens,astheyare;andthedesiresmayimagineallsortsofvainthings:butjudgmentshallstillhavethelastwordineveryargument,aingvoteineverydecision.Strongwihquake-shodfiremaypassby:butIshallfollowtheguidingofthatstillsmallvoicewhiterpretsthedictatesofsce.’

    “Wellsaid,forehead;yourdeclarationshallberespected.Ihaveformedmyplans—rightplahem—andinthemIhaveatteheclaimsofsce,theselsofreason.Iknowhowsoonyouthwouldfadeandbloomperish,if,inthecupofblissoffered,butofshame,oroneflavourofremorseweredetected;andIdonotwantsacrifice,sorrow,dissolution—suotmytaste.Iwishtofoster,nottoblight—tratitude,notttearsofblood—no,norofbrine:myharvestmustbeinsmiles,inendearments,ihatwilldo.IthinkIraveinakindofexquisitedelirium.Ishouldwishnowtoprotractthismomentadinfinitum;butIdaren