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the elements of the finer arts and crafts, by which, if
by anything, a race is judged. He was law-abiding,
beyond most; intelligent and ready to learn, so that the
story of captive Greece capturing her conquerors was
often repeated, when the sea-rover settled in Ireland,
or England, or France. He was, in a word, the man
who deserved a hearing and who made himself heard.
And if he knew nothing as yet of the faith in which
Columba and Bede had so beautifully spent their
lives, he was, in higher moments, by no means a soulless
savage. In one of the Edda songs, Hyndluljód,
there is a verse which we may fancy was sung to himself
by many a young adventurer, as the boat tossed in
the breakers in sight of white cliffs and the unknown
fate in store :—
Victory He giveth, and wealth—at His will ;
Wisdom and words—they may win them who can :
As He gives the boat breeze so He gives the skald skill,
But to each giveth Odin the heart of a man.
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