November 7. I have not been able to write for several
days. My life is a daily warfare against kindness,
politeness, and curiosity, during which I am often
weary and worn out. Often, also, I feel the wafting
influence of an extraordinary youthfulness and
enjoyment gush through my soul. I felt this one day
during a conversation with the
noble, enthusiastic W. H. Channing, a character
as ardent as it is pure, with a beaming eye, and a
countenance as pure and regular as I could imagine
that of a seraph to be. His figure, noble and elegant,
is well suited for that of a public speaker. He
is rather a critical admirer than an enthusiast as
regards his own country. He loves enthusiastically
merely the ideal and the perfect, and knows that the
reality falls short of this. Speaking of the people
of the United States, he said, "We are very young,
very young."
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