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The peculiar quality which culture
imparts is beyond the compre-
hension of a child, and yet it is some-
thing so definite and engaging that a
child may recognise its presence and
feel its attraction. One of the spe-
cial pieces of good fortune which fell
to my boyhood was companionship
with a man whose note of distinction,
while not entirely clear to me, threw
a spell over me. I knew other men
of greater force and of larger scholar-
ship; but no one else gave me such
an impression of balance, ripeness, and
fineness of quality. I not only felt a
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