. Home school of American literature: . S the mercy and peace, of unconscious has not been away from Heaven long enoughto learn the deceit of this crooked world, isunaware that there is anything inlife to conceal, and acts accord-ingly, until taught better, or,perhaps, worse. These ba-bies, or this baby (for thesame infant has somany different ways ofacting and appearing, that these mayall be pictures of the same) can besaid to exhibit grace in every atti-tude and every position, from the sym-metrical fragment of humanity on themothers arm, to the tot just contem-plating a walking-le
. Home school of American literature: . S the mercy and peace, of unconscious has not been away from Heaven long enoughto learn the deceit of this crooked world, isunaware that there is anything inlife to conceal, and acts accord-ingly, until taught better, or,perhaps, worse. These ba-bies, or this baby (for thesame infant has somany different ways ofacting and appearing, that these mayall be pictures of the same) can besaid to exhibit grace in every atti-tude and every position, from the sym-metrical fragment of humanity on themothers arm, to the tot just contem-plating a walking-lesson. All of themhave a dignified simplicity. Bon Voyage shows the different attitudes which men will take while intently gazing at the same object. It does not necessarily follow that on wings of hoofs^ 528 Stray Bits of Character. the she referred to is a lady ; it may be and probably is, a ship, upon which all of our captured gazers have friends. Each one takeB his own peculiar posture of observation ; and their characters can be read from them. Waiting for Orders is a faithful andalmost pathetic presentation of that patient,long-suffering, but unreliable beast, whoselack of pride and hope have passed into aproverb. One is curious, seeing him stand-ing there, how life can ever manage towheedle him into the idea that it is worthliving ; but the same curiosity arises in re-gard to some men. We often find that thesehave stowed away upon their persons cer-tain grains of comfort, concerning whichwe at first failed to take note. Our utterlyopaque friend here has pleasanterexperiences in the world thanthat of acting as a locomotive MlNIATfRE .MEN AND WOMEN
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