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He studied the idiosyncrasy of his patients, and was aware of the fine and secret connection between medicine and morals. One morning Dr. de Schulembourg was summoned to Walstein. The physician looked forward to the interview with his patient with some degree of interest.
Their cause appeared desperate: Walstein, the Austrian general, had been uniformly successful, and almost the whole of Germany had submitted to the emperor: but the Austrians soon experienced a severe reverse of fortune. Lewis XIII filled at that time, the throne of France; his councils were guided by Cardinal Richelieu, one of the ablest statesmen that has appeared upon the theatre of the world.
'I am determined to find it out, said Madame de Schulembourg. 'I wish to heaven you could, said Baron de Walstein. 'I think a wandering life has spoiled you, said Caroline. 'I think it must be civilisation that you find wearisome. 'That would be very sublime, replied Walstein.
The declining sun shone brightly in the light blue sky, and threw its lustre upon the fanciful abode, above which, slight and serene, floated the airy crescent of the young white moon. 'My friend, too, I perceive, is a votary of the Ideal, exclaimed Walstein. The carriage stopped.
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.
'I hope you will pardon me, my dear sir, for permitting you to be a moment alone, said Walstein, with an ingratiating smile. 'Solitude, in such a scene, is not very wearisome, replied the physician. 'There are great changes in-this mansion since the time of your father, Mr. Walstein. ''Tis an attempt to achieve that which we are all sighing for, replied Walstein, 'the Ideal.
Only attends when Mary Cary makes him. Jefferson Mowry. Chewer and spitter. Livery business. Reads less than he writes never writes. Jacob Walstein, born Pawnbroker, now Banker. Rich and rising. Williamson Brent, General Merchandise. Votes as he's told by the last person who tells. Putty man. Blacker Ash, Secretary and Treasurer of Yorkburg Shoe Factory. Sensible and good worker. Bachelor.
Walstein, said Caroline, 'with your permission, I shall take my afternoon walk. Thus speaking, she stopped the carriage, which she and her companion quitted. Walstein offered her his arm, but she declined it, folding herself up in her shawl. 'Which do you like best, Mr. Walstein, Constantinople or Dresden? said Madame de Schulembourg. 'At this moment, decidedly Dresden, replied her companion.
'Besides an idea of a heroine, said Schulembourg, 'you have also, if I mistake not, an idea of a hero? 'Without doubt, replied Walstein. 'I have preconceived for myself a character which I have never achieved. 'Yet, if you have never met a heroine nearer your ideal than your hero, why should you complain? rejoined Schulembourg.
The Duke of Holstein and several other Princes made him likewise advantageous proposals. It was reported that the famous Walstein intended to take him into his service. Ruarus wrote about it to Grotius, and tells him he could scarce give credit to this news, from a persuasion that Grotius would not employ his pen in writing things of which no doubt he partly disapproved.
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