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But my income, though very comfortable for the statics of existence, is rather short for the dynamics, and so I mostly stay at home." "Did you meet any interesting people over there? Any of the crowned heads, famous wits, etc., whom you once proposed to cultivate?" "No; nobody in particular. I went in a very quiet way. I had some good letters to people in England, but I didn't present them.
There is a something I call Myself, or, by another form of expression, my mind, which I consider as distinct from these sensations, thoughts, etc.; a something which I conceive to be not the thoughts, but the being that has the thoughts, and which I can conceive as existing forever in a state of quiescence, without any thoughts at all.
Why, I might have married again and become the father of a second and perhaps more affectionate family, etc., etc."
Around the city numerous camps had been established for the wounded, convalescents, etc. One of these, called the Westphalian camp, presented a most beautiful scene.
Some of the boys, not knowing the value of the French franc, paid enormous prices for fruits, candies, etc., to French women and girls, who peddled these articles. While at the Napoleon Barracks we saw the first American wounded. They were soldiers who had participated in the defense against the German drive which began in March, 1918.
The most characteristic part of the scene was where the pedlers, gingerbread-sellers, etc., were collected, a few hundred yards from the meeting-house. There was a pedler there from New York State, who sold his wares by auction, and I could have stood and listened to him all day long. Hawthorne, but one that was needed.
THE RED GROUP. In this group of astral colors seen in the human aura, we find strongly in evidence the clear bright red shade, similar to that of fresh, pure arterial blood as it leaves the heart, filled with pure material freshly oxygenated. This shade, in the aura, indicates health, life-force, vigor, virility, etc., in pure and untainted form.
A human being, for instance, is in direct contact with all about him earth, air, sun, other human beings, etc. In biological language he is said to be 'in correspondence with his environment, and by virtue of this correspondence is said to be alive. To live, a human being must continue to adjust himself to his environment. When he fails to do this, he dies.
The person who gave the broadest hint about the hidden word must leave the room next. It is hardly necessary to describe this game as almost everybody knows how to play it. There may be some who do not know, however, so it is included here. Clear the room as much as possible, pushing all the chairs, tables, etc., against the walls.
They have most exquisite manners, and extraordinarily unpleasant personal habits, like eating, and coughing, and picking their teeth, etc.; but they do have nice under-clothes, and lovely soaps and scents and things. The Frascati beds were comfortable, and I could not wake in the morning, in spite of Agnès fussing about.
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