. The bird. Birds. most terrible slaugliters of men that had ever disgraced history; and it seemed as if tliat frightful lavishness of the in^ecoverable good, which is life, had given him a respect for all life, an insurmountable aversion to all destruction. "This had in time arrived at such an extreme, that he would have willingly lived upon vegetable food alone. He would have no viands of blood; they excited his horror. A morsel of chicken, or, more often, an Qgg or two, sei-ved for his dinner. And frequently he dined standing, "Such a regimen, however, could not strengd^hen him. N
. The bird. Birds. most terrible slaugliters of men that had ever disgraced history; and it seemed as if tliat frightful lavishness of the in^ecoverable good, which is life, had given him a respect for all life, an insurmountable aversion to all destruction. "This had in time arrived at such an extreme, that he would have willingly lived upon vegetable food alone. He would have no viands of blood; they excited his horror. A morsel of chicken, or, more often, an Qgg or two, sei-ved for his dinner. And frequently he dined standing, "Such a regimen, however, could not strengd^hen him. Nor did he economize his strength, expending it largely in lessons, in conversations, and in the habitual overflow of a too benevolent heart, which li^ed in all things, interested itself in all. Age came, and with it anxieties: family anxieties? no, but from jealous neighbours or unfaithful debtors. The crisis of the American banks dealt a severe blow to his fortune. He came to the extreme resolution, in spite of his ill health and his years, of once more visiting America, in the belief that his personal activity and his industry might re-establish affairs, and secure the fortune of his wife and children. "This departure was terrible. It was preceded for me by another blow. I had quitted the mansion and the country; I had entered a boarding-school in the town. Cruel servitude, which deprived me of all that made my life—of air and respiration ! Everj^where, walls ! I should have died, but for the frequent visits of my mother, and the rarer visits of my father, to which 1. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Michelet, Jules, 1798-1874; Giacomelli, Hector, 1822-1904. London ; New York : T. Nelson
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