. Home school of American literature: . athe great sea of life,—what joys, what op-portunities, what af-fections, are slipping,from him. But «C7C, you arethere. The fire-lightglimmers upon thewalls of your cher-ished home, like theVestal fire of old up-on the figures ofadoring virgins, orlike the flame of Hebrew sacrifice, whose incense bore hearts to heaven. The bigchair of your father is drawn to its wonted corner by the chimney-side; his head,just touched with gray, lies back upon its oaken top. Little Nelly ieans upon hisknee, looking up for some reply to her girlish questionings. Opposite

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. Home school of American literature: . athe great sea of life,—what joys, what op-portunities, what af-fections, are slipping,from him. But «C7C, you arethere. The fire-lightglimmers upon thewalls of your cher-ished home, like theVestal fire of old up-on the figures ofadoring virgins, orlike the flame of Hebrew sacrifice, whose incense bore hearts to heaven. The bigchair of your father is drawn to its wonted corner by the chimney-side; his head,just touched with gray, lies back upon its oaken top. Little Nelly ieans upon hisknee, looking up for some reply to her girlish questionings. Opposite, sits yourmother; her figure is thin, her look cheerful, yet subdued;—her arm perhaps-resting on your shoulder, as she talks to you in tones of tender admonition, of the days that are to come. The cat is purring on the hearth;the clock is ticking on the great table in the middle of theroom, with its books and work, waits,only for the lighting of the eveninglamp, to see a return to its stores oiembroidery, and of the firelight glimmers upon the walls of your hohi;

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