I did not know what it was to be happy for a whole day at a time, scarcely for an hour.

The stream of time sweeps away errors, and leaves the truth for the inheritance of humanity.

I became an ardent, but never a specially good, dancer.

But I did not find any positive inspiration in my studies until I approached my nineteenth year.

Birth was something that came quite unexpectedly, and afterwards there was one child more in the house.

Among the delights of Summer were picnics to the woods.

But when I was twelve years old I caught my first strong glimpse of one of the fundamental forces of existence, whose votary I was destined to be for life - namely, Beauty.