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Suppose that a composer writes a piece of music conscious that he is inspired, say, by witnessing an act of great self-sacrifice another piece by the contemplation of a certain trait of nobility he perceives in a friend's character and another by the sight of a mountain lake under moonlight.
But when he was away and winds blew, the clouds which obscured an embracing imagination of him such as, to be true and full and sufficient, should stretch like the dome of heaven over the humblest of lives under contemplation broke, and revealed him to her as one who had other than failed: rather as one in mid career, in mid forest, who, by force of character, advancing in self-conquest, strikes his impress right and left around him, because of his aim at stars.
He could face the future now, even though it were written that he should face it alone. He tried to speak, then turned on his heel and walked towards the dock, where Clark's fast launch lay glinting in the sun. The gray eyes followed him in profound contemplation. Presently Clark smiled, it seemed a little sadly, and advanced to the officer commanding the troops. Baudette was sitting up.
"Well, well, I come, Sibyll," said the student, with a regretful, lingering look at his model, and a sigh to be disturbed from its contemplation; and he slowly quitted the room with Sibyll. "But not, dear sir and father, not thus not quite thus vill you go to the stranger, well-born like yourself? Oh, no! your Sibyll is proud, you know, proud of her father."
He knew the nature of his melancholy, and often tried to remedy indirectly what could not be reached directly. He resorted to innocent amusements in order to lead the mind away from the contemplation of its own ills, real or imaginary. This was well it was philosophical but it did not always succeed. The disease was too deeply seated in his system.
"For goodness' sake keep quiet a minute," she cried irritably. "You gave me a jolt a while ago, telling me you couldn't get free, and I want a minute or two to take it in." "But you don't think hard of me for that," he implored. "Oh, Pearl " but she had again turned to her contemplation of the desert, and realizing that further speech might bring her swift anger upon him he walked hastily away.
As it was sufficiently clear that the Junta was determined not to be advised, it became my duty to avert the evils in contemplation, by expediting the change of administration so much desired by the people.
The prayer that is not to be heard is, so to speak, like vocal prayer; the other is a prayer of contemplation so high that our Lord shows Himself in such a way as to make us feel He hears us, and that He delights in our prayer, and that He is about to grant our petition. Blessed be He for ever who gives me so much and to whom I give so little!
There may be some truth in this remark; and therefore it is proper for legislative attention." In the same debate, Sir, Mr. Burk, from SOUTH CAROLINA, supported a duty on hemp, for the express purpose of encouraging its growth on the strong lands of South Carolina. "Cotton," he said, "was also in contemplation among them, and, if good seed could be procured, he hoped might succeed."
The Polish knights might have admired the dexterity of the German tactics, but there was no time for contemplation, owing to the great speed and impetus of their horses in their charge upon the close phalanx of the Germans.
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