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Chapter 17

           Doyounotthinkthat,inputtingitasyouhavedone,youhavebeenunjust?Whowouldnothavedonejustasshedid?Remembershewasfightingforherlife!Ay,andformorethanherlife!Forlife,andlove,andallthegloriouspossibilitiesofthatdimfutureintheunknownworldoftheNorthwhichhadsuchenchantinghopesforher!Doyounotthinkthatshe,withallthelearningofhertime,andwithallthegreatandresistlessforceofhermightynature,hadhopesofspreadinginawiderwaytheloftyaspirationsofhersoul!Thatshehopedtobringtotheconqueringofunknownworlds,andusingtotheadvantageofherpeople,allthatshehadwonfromsleepanddeathandtime;allofwhichmightandcouldhavebeenfrustratedbytheruthlesshandofanassassinorathief.Wereityou,insuchcasewouldyounotstrugglebyallmeanstoachievetheobjectofyourlifeandhope;whosepossibilitiesgrewandgrewinthepassingofthoseendlessyears?Canyouthinkthatthatactivebrainwasatrestduringallthosewearycenturies,whilstherfreesoulwasflittingfromworldtoworldamongsttheboundlessregionsofthestars?Hadthesestarsintheirmyriadandvariedlifenolessonsforher;astheyhavehadforussincewefollowedthegloriouspathwhichsheandherpeoplemarkedforus,whentheysenttheirwingedimaginationscirclingamongstthelampsofthenight!"

           Hereshepaused.Shetoowasovercome,andthewellingtearsrandownhercheeks.IwasmyselfmoremovedthanIcansay.

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