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     Somewhere upon this road�察�I thought to myself�察�I shall fall in with a 

Great Person�察�or become a part of a Great Incident。 I recalled with keen 

pleasure the experience of that young Spanish student of Carlyle writes in 

one    of   his  volumes�察    �who�察   �riding   out   from    Madrid    one    day�察  �came 

unexpectedly   upon   the   greatest   man   in   the   world。   This   great   man�察  �of 

whom Carlyle observes ��I have looked up the passage since I came home���察�

;a kindlier�察�meeker�察�braver heart has seldom looked upon the sky in this 

world�察─�had ridden out from the city for the last time in his life ;to take 

one other look at the azure firmament and green mosaic pavements and the 

strange carpentry and arras work of this noble palace of a world。; 

     As the old story has it�察�the young student ;came pricking on hastily�察�

complaining   that   they   went   at   such   a   pace   as   gave   him   little   chance   of 

keeping up with them。 One of the party made answer that the blame lay 



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with    the   horse   of   Don    Miguel     de  Cervantes�察    �whose     trot  was    of  the 

speediest。      He    had   hardly     pronounced       the   name     when     the   student 

dismounted and�察�touching the hem of Cervantes' left sleeve�察�said�察�'Yes�察�yes�察�

it   is   indeed   the   maimed   perfection�察  �the   all´famous�察  �the   delightful   writer�察�

the joy and darling of the Muses� �You are that brave Miguel。'; 

     It   may   seem   absurd   to   some   in   this   cool   and   calculating   twentieth 

century   that   any   one   should   indulge   in   such   vain   imaginings   as   I   have 

describedand yet�察�why not�拭�All things are as we see them。 I once heard a 

mana   modern   man�察  �living   to´daytell   with   a   hush   in   his   voice�察  �and   a 

peculiar light in his eye�察�how�察�walking in the outskirts of an unromantic 

town in New Jersey�察�he came suddenly upon a vigorous�察�bearded�察�rather 

rough´looking man swinging his stick as he walked�察�and stopping often at 

the   roadside   and   often   looking   up   at   the   sky。   I   shall   never   forget   the 

curious thrill in his voice as he said�此�

     ;And THAT was Walt Whitman。; 

     And thus quite absurdly intoxicated by the possibilities of the road�察�I 

let the big full afternoon slip byI let slip the rich possibilities of half a 

hundred   farms   and   scores   of   travelling   peopleand   as   evening   began   to 

fall I came to a stretch of wilder country with wooded hills and a dashing 

stream by the roadside。 It was a fine and beautiful countryto look atbut 

the   farms�察  �and   with   them  the   chances   of   dinner�察  �and   a   friendly   place   to 

sleep�察  �grew   momentarily   scarcer。   Upon   the   hills   here   and   there�察  �indeed�察�

were to be seen the pretentious summer homes of rich dwellers from the 

cities�察�but I looked upon them with no great hopefulness。 

     ;Of all places   in the  world�察─�I  said to   myself�察 �surely  none could   be 

more unfriendly to a man like me。; 

     But I amused myself with conjectures as to what might happen ��until 

the adventure seemed almost worth trying�� if a dusty man with a bag on 

his    back    should    appear    at  the   door    of   one   of   those   well´groomed 

establishments。       It  came    to  me�察  �indeed�察   �with    a  sudden    deep    sense   of 

understanding�察�that I should probably find there�察�as everywhere else�察�just 

men and women。 And with that I fell into a sort of Socratic dialogue with 

myself�此�



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     ME�此  �Having   decided   that   the   people   in   these   houses   are�察  �after   all�察�

merely men and women�察�what is the best way of reaching them�拭�

     MYSELF�此�Undoubtedly by giving them something they want and have 

not。 

     ME�此�But these are rich people from the city�察�what can they want that 

they have not�拭�

     MYSELF�此�Believe me�察�of all people in the world those who want the 

most are those who have the most。 These people are also consumed with 

desires。 

     ME�此�And what�察�pray�察�do you suppose they desire�拭�

     MYSELF�此        �They    want    what    they    have    not   got�察  �they   want    the 

unattainable�此�they want chiefly the rarest and most precious of all thingsa 

little mystery in their lives。 

     ;That's it� ─�I said aloud�察 �that's it� �Mysterythe things of the spirit�察�the 

things above ordinary livingis not that the essential thing for which the 

world      is    sighing�察    �and     groaning�察     �and     longingconsciously�察       �or 

unconsciously�拭─�

     I   have   always   believed   that   men   in   their   innermost   souls   desire   the 

highest�察�bravest�察�finest things they can hear�察�or see�察�or feel in all the world。 

Tell a man how he can increase his income and he will be grateful to you 

and soon forget you�察�but show him the highest�察�most mysterious things in 

his   own   soul   and   give   him   the   word   which   will   convince   him   that   the 

finest things are really attainable�察�and he will love and follow you always。 

     I   now   began   to   look   with   much   excitement   to   a   visit   at   one   of   the 

houses on the hill�察�but to my disappointment I found the next two that I 

approached still closed up�察�for the spring was not yet far enough advanced 

to attract the owners to the country。 I walked rapidly onward through the 

gathering twilight�察�but with increasing uneasiness as to the prospects for 

the night�察�and thus came suddenly upon the scene of an odd adventure。 

     From some distance I had seen a veritable palace set high among the 

trees   and   overlooking   a   wonderful   green   valleyand�察  �drawing   nearer�察  �I 

saw evidences of well´kept roadways and a visible effort to make invisible 

the attempt to preserve the wild   beauty of the place。 I saw�察 �or thought   I 



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saw�察  �people   on   the   wide   veranda�察  �and   I   was   sure   I   heard   the   snort   of   a 

climbing motor´car�察�but I had scarcely decided to make my way up to the 

house when I came�察�at the turning of the country road�察�upon a bit of open 

land laid out neatly as a garden�察�near the edge of which�察�nestling among 

the trees�察�stood a small cottage。 It seemed somehow to belong to the great 

estate above it�察�and I concluded�察�at the first glance�察�that it was the home of 

some caretaker or gardener。 

     It was a charming place to see�察�and especially the plantation of trees 

and    shrubs。    My    eye   fell  instantly   upon    a  fine  magnoliarare      in  this 

countrywhich        had   not  yet   cast  all  its  blossoms�察   �and   I  paused    for   a 

moment to look at it more closely。 I myself have tried to raise magnolias 

near my house�察�and I know how difficult it is。 

     As I approached nearer to the cottage�察�I could see a man and woman 

sitting on the porch in the twilight and swaying back and forth in rocking´ 

chairs。   I   fancied   it   may   have   been   only  a   fancythat   when   I   first   saw 

them their hands were clasped as they rocked side by side。 

     It  was    indeed    a  charming     little  cottage。  Crimson      ramblers�察   �giving 

promise of the bloom that was yet to come�察�climbed over one end of the 

porch�察�and there were fine dark´leaved lilac´bushes near the doorway�此�oh�察�

a pleasant�察�friendly�察�quiet place� �

     I opened the front gate and walked straight in�察�as though I had at last 

reached my destination。 I cannot give any idea of the lift of the heart with 

which I entered upon this new adventure。 Without the premeditation and 

not knowing what I should say or do�察�I realized th

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