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'What shall it be? inquired Madame de Schulembourg, with a thoughtful air. 'Ah! what shall it be? echoed Walstein, in accents of despondence; 'or, rather, what can it be? What can be more tame, more uninteresting, more unpromising than all around? Where is there a career? 'A career! exclaimed Caroline. 'What, you want to set the world in a blaze!
Revel, who was in fact a materialist of the old school, 'everything depends upon a man's nature; the ambitious will rise, and the grovelling will crawl those whose volition is strong will believe in fate, and the weak-minded accounts for the consequences of his own incongruities by execrating chance. Schulembourg shook his head.
Walstein, said Madame de Schulembourg. Walstein looked around, and recognised the English minister, and had the pleasure of being introduced, for the first time, to a celebrated sculptor. 'I have heard of your name, not only in Germany, said Walstein, addressing the latter gentleman. 'You have left your fame behind you at Rome.
'Ah! that is a compliment, said Madame de Schulembourg, after a moment's musing. 'My dear Mr. Walstein, she continued, looking up with an arch expression, 'never pay me compliments. 'You mistake me: it was not a compliment, replied Walstein. 'It was a sincere and becoming tribute of gratitude for three hours of endurable existence.
I am the unhappy nymph who occasions his present desperation, continued Madame de Schulembourg, with a smile. 'Do not think me heartless; all his passion is imagination. Change of scene ever cures him; he has written to me every week his letters are each time more reasonable.
If I am to live, I do not think that I could be tempted to quit this city; sometimes I think, scarcely even my house. 'I see how it is, exclaimed Madame de Schulembourg, shaking her head very knowingly, 'you must marry. 'The last resource of feminine fancy! exclaimed Walstein, almost laughing. 'You would lessen my melancholy, I suppose, on the principle of the division of gloom.
Schulembourg philosophically accounted for many appearances, but he was a magnetiser, and his explanations were more marvellous than the portents. 'And you, Mr. Walstein, said Madame de Schulembourg, 'what is your opinion? 'I am willing to yield to any faith that distracts my thoughts from the burthen of daily reality, replied Walstein. 'You would just suit Mr. Novalis, then, observed Mr.
Ask any of our friends whom you pass. There is Emilius How do you do? Count Voyna, come home with us, and bring your Bavarian friend. 'How is Sidonia, Madame de Schulembourg? inquired Augusta. 'Oh, quite mad. He will not be sane this week. There is his last letter; read it, and return it to me when we meet.
'That has been the belief of great spirits, observed the sculptor, his countenance brightening with more assurance. 'It is true, replied Walstein, 'I would rather err with my great namesake and Napoleon than share the orthodoxy of ordinary mortality. 'That is a dangerous speech, Baron, said Schulembourg. 'With regard to destiny, said Mr.
'Occasionally: but the fits were never so profound, and were very evanescent. 'Travel is action, replied Schulembourg. 'Believe me, that in action you alone can find a cure. 'What is action? inquired Walstein. 'Travel I have exhausted. The world is quiet. There are no wars now, no revolutions. Where can I find a career? 'Action, replied Schulembourg, 'is the exercise of our faculties.
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