See how much he must suffer in his poverty;
he may have feelings attuned in beautiful accord with all things noble
and charming in nature. He is really very intelligent-looking. He makes
me think of the little boy that ran through the streets of a large city
all of one cold winter, and then became a great artist, but he was so
poor and inexperienced in the ways of the world, that he had to suffer a
long time before his genius was discovered. Some time I will tell you
about him, that you may know that true genius and worth may be found
among the lowest children of earth, and, like the diamond, they will
shine when they are polished."
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PLEASANT AMUSEMENTS.
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"Let us go over our first steps again," said Marian to her sister;
"there is nothing like beginning right. When we learn to dance or to
sing, or indeed any thing else, we must be sure to learn our _first
lesson well_, and then we shall be _sure_ to improve; and dancing is
certainly a very useful and pleasing amusement. It is _useful_ because
it is a healthy exercise. It is called 'the poetry of motion,' and I
have read that the great philosopher Locke speaks of it as of the
greatest importance in the education of young people, and he says it
cannot be learned too early.
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