...which he sought in solitude and silence. The electric current of genius was flowing upon his soul as upon a prime conductor ; will that soul always be...daughters of Memory had in turn looked into his face and t>reathed inspiration into his soul. Will her like NUMA, after communion with the fabled nymph Egeria,...

...as upon a prime conductor. Will that soul always be insulated ? So various were his snsceptibilities of impression from the several classes of objects in nature and art and science, and so varions were his attainments, that one could believe that, in his solitude, each of the nine bright-eyed...