. A tour round my garden . Natural history. 238 A TOUK BOUND MT GARDEN. be able to get a distant glance of her at the theatre. If it had been a hundred leagues I might have heen more fatigued, but I am certain I should have accomplished the journey all the same, and have arrived in time. Whatever the obstacles may be that arise between her and me, I do not always per- ceive how I shall overcome them; but, what I am certain of is, that they will be overcome, that we shall be united, that she is mine as I am ; The beans were in full blossom. But a truce to this cold-hearted pleasantry.
. A tour round my garden . Natural history. 238 A TOUK BOUND MT GARDEN. be able to get a distant glance of her at the theatre. If it had been a hundred leagues I might have heen more fatigued, but I am certain I should have accomplished the journey all the same, and have arrived in time. Whatever the obstacles may be that arise between her and me, I do not always per- ceive how I shall overcome them; but, what I am certain of is, that they will be overcome, that we shall be united, that she is mine as I am ; The beans were in full blossom. But a truce to this cold-hearted pleasantry. No, it is not a folly to be under the empire of the most beautiful— the most noble feeUngs; it is no foUy to feel oneself great, strong, invincible; it is not a folly to have a good, honest, and generous heart; it is no folly to be filled with good faith; it is not a folly to devote oneself for the good of others; it is not a folly to live thus put of real life. No, no; that cold wisdom which pronounces so severe a judgment upon all it cannot do; that wisdom which owes its birth to the death of so many great, noble, and sweet things; that wisdom which only comes with infirmities, and which decorates them with such fine names—which calls decay of the powers of the stomach and loss of appetite sobriety; the cooling of the heart and the stagnation of the blood a return to reason; envious impotence, a disdain for futile things;— this wisdom would be the greatest, the most melancholy of follies, if it were not the commencement of the death of the heart and the 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 Karr, Alphonse, 1808-1890; Wood, J. G. (John George), 1827-1889. London : F. Warne ; New York : Scribner, Welford and Armstrong
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