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The Carpenter

           Butwhilenowuponsowideafieldthusvariouslyaccomplishedandwithsuchlivelinessofexpertnessinhim,too;allthiswouldseemtoarguesomeuncommonvivacityofintelligence.Butnotpreciselyso.Fornothingwasthismanmoreremarkable,thanforacertainimpersonalstolidityasitwere;impersonal,Isay;foritsoshadedoffintothesurroundinginfiniteofthings,thatitseemedonewiththegeneralstoliditydiscernibleinthewholevisibleworld;whichwhilepauselesslyactiveinuncountedmodes,stilleternallyholdsitspeace,andignoresyou,thoughyoudigfoundationsforcathedrals.Yetwasthishalf-horriblestolidityinhim,involving,too,asitappeared,anall-ramifyingheartlessness;yetwasitoddlydashedattimes,withanold,crutch-like,antediluvian,wheezinghumorousness,notunstreakednowandthenwithacertaingrizzledwittiness;suchasmighthaveservedtopassthetimeduringthemidnightwatchonthebeardedforecastleofNoah’sark.Wasitthatthisoldcarpenterhadbeenalife-longwanderer,whosemuchrolling,toandfro,notonlyhadgatherednomoss;butwhatismore,hadrubbedoffwhateversmalloutwardclingingsmighthaveoriginallypertainedtohim?Hewasastriptabstract;anunfractionedintegral;uncompromisedasanew-bornbabe;livingwithoutpremeditatedreferencetothisworldorthenext.

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