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Changing Horizons

           Thebeautyofthesestrangethings,thepatientlaboringsofinspiredsoulsofvarioustimesandplaces,movedhim,onoccasion,toagentleawe.Ofallindividualsherespected,indeedrevered,thesincereartist.Existencewasamystery,butthesesoulswhosetthemselvestoquiettasksofbeautyhadcaughtsomethingofwhichhewasdimlyconscious.Lifehadtouchedthemwithavision,theirheartsandsoulswereattunedtosweetharmoniesofwhichthecommonworldknewnothing.Sometimes,whenhewaswearyafterastrenuousday,hewouldenterlateinthenighthisnowsilentgallery,andturningonthelightssothatthewholesweetroomstoodrevealed,hewouldseathimselfbeforesometreasure,reflectingonthenature,themood,thetime,andthemanthathadproducedit.SometimesitwouldbeoneofRembrandt’smelancholyheadsthesad"PortraitofaRabbi"—orthesweetintrospectionofaRousseaustream.AsolemnDutchhousewife,renderedwiththeboldfidelityandresonantenameledsurfacesofaHalsorthecoldeleganceofanIngres,commandedhisutmostenthusiasm.Sohewouldsitandwonderatthevisionandskilloftheoriginaldreamer,exclaimingattimes:"Amarvel!Amarvel!"

           Atthesametime,sofarasAileenwasconcernedthingswereobviouslyshapingupforadditionalchanges.Shewasinthatpeculiarstatewhichhasbefallenmanyawomantryingtosubstitutealesseridealforagreater,andfindingthattheeffortisuselessornearlyso.

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