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world as that of a traveller through the plains。 

     Round the plains the horizon lies with folded wings。                  It keeps them so 

perpetually for man�察�and opens them only for the bird�察�replying to flight 

with flight。 

     A   close   circlet   of   waves   is   the   sailor's   famous   offing。    His   offing 

hardly   deserves       the  name     of  horizon。     To    hear   him   you    might    think 

something of his offing�察�but you do not so when you sit down in the centre 

of it。 

     As the upspringing of all things at your going up the heights�察�so steady�察�

so swift�察�is the subsidence at your descent。              The further sea lies away�察�hill 

folds    down     behind    hill。  The     whole    upstanding      world�察   �with   its  looks 

serene and alert�察�its distant replies�察�its signals of many miles�察�its signs and 

communications of light�察�gathers down and pauses。                      This flock of birds 

which is   the mobile   landscape  wheels and   goes   to earth。               The  Cardinal 

weighs   down   the   audience   with   his   downward   hands。            Farewell   to   the 

most delicate horizon。 



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      HABITS AND CONSCIOUSNESS 



     Education might do somewhat to control the personal habits for which 

ungenerous   observant   men   are   inclined   to   dislike   one   another。      It   has 

done     little。 As    to  literature�察 �this  has   had   the  most   curiously    diverse 

influence upon the human sensitiveness to habit。                Tolstoi's perception of 

habits is keener than a child's�察�and he takes them uneasily�察�as a child does 

not。    He holds them to be the occasion�察�if not the cause�察�of hatred。              Anna 

Karenina�察  �as   she   drank   her   coffee�察  �knew   that   her   sometime   lover   was 

dreading to hear her swallow it�察�and was hating the crooking of her little 

finger as she held her cup。          It is impossible to live in a world of habits 

with such an apprehension of habits as this。 

     It is no wonder that Tolstoi denies to other men unconsciousness�察�and 

even preoccupation。         With him perception never lapses�察�and he will not 

describe a murderer as rapt away by passion from the details of the room 

and   the   observation     of   himself�察 �nor   will  he   represent   a   theologian   as 

failingeven while he thinks out and decides the question of his faithto 

note   the   things   that   arrest   his   present   and   unclouded   eyes。 No   habits 

would dare to live under those glances。           They must die of dismay。 

     Tolstoi    sees   everything     that  is  within    sight。   That     he   sees   this 

multitude of things with invincible simplicity is what proves him an artist�察�

nevertheless�察�for such perception as his there is no peace。 For when it is 

not the trivialities of other men's habits but the actualities of his own mind 

that he follows without rest�察�for him there is no possible peace but sleep。 

To him�察�more than to all others�察�it has been said�察 �Watch� ─                 �There is no 

relapse�察�there is no respite but sleep or death。 

     To such a mind every night must come with an overwhelming change�察�

a   release   too   great  for  gratitude。    What     a  falling   to  sleep�   �What      a 

manumission�察       �what   an  absolution�     �Consciousness        and   conscience     set 

free from the exacted instant replies of the unrelapsing day。                 And at the 

awakening all is ready yet once more�察�and apprehension begins again�此                     �a 

perpetual presence of mind。 

     Dr。 Johnson was ;absent。;          No man of ;absent; mind is without some 



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hourly deliverance。         It is on the present mind that presses the burden of 

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                                   SHADOWS 



     Another      good   reason    that  we   ought    to  leave   blank�察   �unvexed�察   �and 

unencumbered with paper patterns the ceiling and walls of a simple house 

is that the plain surface may be visited by the unique designs of shadows。 

The opportunity is so fine a thing that it ought oftener to be offered to the 

light and to yonder handful of long sedges and rushes in a vase。                      Their 

slender grey design of shadows upon white walls is better than a tedious�察�

trivial�察�or anxious device from the shop。 

     The   shadow   has   all   intricacies   of   perspective   simply   translated   into 

line and intersecting curve�察�and pictorially presented to the eyes�察�not to the 

mind。      The shadow knows nothing except its flat designs。 It is single�察�it 

draws   a   decoration   that   was   never   seen   before�察  �and   will   never   be   seen 

again�察�and that�察�untouched�察�varies with the journey of the sun�察�shifts the 

interrelation of a score of delicate lines at the mere passing of time�察�though 

all the room be motionless。           Why will design insist upon its importunate 

immortality�拭      �Wiser is the drama�察�and wiser the dance�察�that do not pause 

upon   an   attitude。    But   these   walk   with   passion   or   pleasure�察  �while   the 

shadow walks with the earth。           It alters as the hours wheel。 

     Moreover�察  �while   the   habit   of   your   sunward   thoughts   is   still   flowing 

southward�察�after the winter and the spring�察�it surprises you in the sudden 

gleam of a north´westering sun。            It decks a new wall�察�it is shed by a late 

sunset through a window unvisited for a year past�察�it betrays the flitting of 

the sun into unwonted skiesa sun that takes the midsummer world in the 

rear�察  �and   shows   his   head   at   a   sally´porte�察  �and   is   about   to   alight   on   an 

unused horizon。        So does the grey drawing�察�with which you have allowed 

the sun and your pot of rushes to adorn your room�察�play the stealthy game 

of the year。 

     You need not stint yourself of shadows�察�for an occasion。                 It needs but 

four    candles    to  make    a  hanging     Oriental    bell  play   the  most    buoyant 

jugglery overhead。         Two lamps make of one palm´branch a symmetrical 

countercharge   of   shadows�察  �and   here   two   palm´branches   close   with   one 

another   in   shadow�察  �their   arches   flowing   together�察  �and   their   paler   greys 



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darkening。      It is hard to believe that there are many to prefer a ;repeating 

pattern。; 

     It must be granted to them that a grey day robs of their decoration the 

walls   that   should   be   sprinkled   with   shadows。      Let�察  �then�察  �a   plaque   or   a 

picture be kept for hanging on shadowless clays。                 To dress a room once 

for all�察�and to give it no more heed�察�is to neglect the units of the days。 

     Shadows       within   doors    are  yet   only   messages     from    that   world   of 

shadows which is the landscape of sunshine。                 Facing a May sun you see 

little except an infinite number of shadows。               Atoms of shadow be the 

day bright enoughcompose the very air through which you see the light。 

The trees show you a shadow for every leaf�察�and the poplars are sprinkled 

upon     the  shining    sky   with   little  shadows     that  look   translucent。     The 

liveliness of every shadow is that some light is reflected into it�察�shade and 

shine   have   been   entangled   as   though   by   some   wild   wind   through   their 

million molecules。 

     The coolness and the dark of night are interlocked with the unclouded 

sun。     Turn   sunward   from  the   north�察  �and   shadows   come   to   life�察  �and   are 

themselves the life�察�the action�察�and the transparence of their day。 

     To eyes tired and retired all day within lowered blinds�察�the light looks 

still   and   changeless。    So   many   squares   of   sunshine   abide   for   so   many 

hours�察�and when the sun has circled away they pass and are extinguished。 

Him     who    lies  alone    there   the  outer   world    touches    less  by   this  long 

sunshine than by the haste and passage of a shadow。 Although there may 

be no   tree  to stand   between   his   window  and   the  south�察 �and   although  no 

noonday wind may blow a branch of roses across the blind�察�shadows and 

their life will be carried across by a brilliant bird。 

     To the sick man a cloud´shadow is nothing but an eclipse�察�he cannot 

see its shape�察�its color�察�its approach�察�or its flight。           It does but darken his 

window as it darkens the day�察�and is gone again�察�he does not see it pluck 

and snatch the sun。        But the flying bird shows him wings。             What flash of 

light could be more bright for him than such a flash of darkness�拭�

     It is the pulse of life�察�where all change had seemed to be charmed。 If 

he had seen the bird itself he would have seen lessthe bird's shadow was 

a message from the sun。 



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     There are two separated flights for the fancy to follow�察�the flight of the 

bird in the air�察�and the flight of its shadow on earth。           This goes across the 

window blind�察�across the wood�察�where it is astray for a while in the shades�察�

it dips into the valley�察�growing vaguer and larger�察�runs�察�quicker than the 

wind�察�uphill�察�smaller and darker on the 
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