Digital heart book

Dodd," he admitted. "Of course I had
learned in my tin-typing excursions to glory and exult
in the works of God. But it wasn't that. I just said
to myself, "What is most wanted in my age and country?
More culture and more art," I said; and I chose the
best place, saved my money, and came here to get them."
The whole attitude of this young man warmed and shamed
me. He had more fire in his little toe than I had in
my whole carcase; he was stuffed to bursting with the
manly virtues; thrift and courage glowed in him; and
even if his artistic vocation seemed (to one of my
exclusive tenets) not quite clear, who could predict
what might be accomplished by a creature so full-
blooded and so inspired with animal and intellectual
energy? So, when he proposed that I should come and see
his work (one of the regular stages of a Latin Quarter
friendship), I followed him with interest and hope.
He lodged parsimoniously at the top of a tall house
near the Observatory, in a bare room principally
furnished with his own trunks, and papered with his own
despicable studies.


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