In Arcady . 6 ^ II THROUGH the long yearsof boyhood Nature laymirrored in his senseswithout blur or mist, and the imagesof her manifold wonder and beautyhad sunk into the depths of his being. He had lived in the moving world that lay about him, stirredinto incessant action by its constantappeal to his energy, caught up andcarried forward for days together ina joyful rush of play; led hitherand thither in endless quest of littlemysteries of sight and sound thatteased and baffled him; absorbedinto complete self-forgetfulness bythe vast continent where his lotwas cast, which called him with a[61]
In Arcady . 6 ^ II THROUGH the long yearsof boyhood Nature laymirrored in his senseswithout blur or mist, and the imagesof her manifold wonder and beautyhad sunk into the depths of his being. He had lived in the moving world that lay about him, stirredinto incessant action by its constantappeal to his energy, caught up andcarried forward for days together ina joyful rush of play; led hitherand thither in endless quest of littlemysteries of sight and sound thatteased and baffled him; absorbedinto complete self-forgetfulness bythe vast continent where his lotwas cast, which called him with a[61]. fix O thousand voices to exploration anddiscovery. Of late, however, there had comea touch of pain in his careless joy;a sense of mystery which disturbedand perplexed him ; a consciousnessof something strange and alien tothe wild, free life he had been liv-ing. He no longer felt at homein the woods, and it seemed tohim as if the old intimacy withthe creatures that lived there hadbeen chilled. He was no longerfree-minded and free-hearted. Hehad lived until this hour in theworld without him; now the worldwithin was rising into view ; he wascoming to the knowledge of him-self. And that knowledge wasfraught with pain, as is all knowl- [62] i3*f ~fym w. X-
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