extinct people, but, what is much
more difficult, he put off his knowl-
edge and put on their ignorance; he
not only entered into their thought
about the world of nature which sur-
rounded them, but he entered into
their feeling about it. Very lightly
touched and charming is, for instance,
his description of the habits and haunts
and worship of Demeter, the current
impressions of her service and place
in the life of the world: --

/tab\"Demeter haunts the fields in spring,
/tab\when the young lambs are dropped; she
/tab\visits the barns in autumn; she takes part
/tab\in mowing and binding up the corn, and
/tab\is the goddess of sheaves. She presides
/tab\over the pleasant, significant details of the
/tab\farm, the threshing-floor, and the full gran-@
/tab\ary, and stands beside the woman baking
/tab\bread at the oven. With these fancies are
/tab\connected certain simple rites, the half-@

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