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The six sisters of the valleys : an historical romance - University Library

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CHAPTER XIX.<br />

THE SUITOE.<br />

<strong>The</strong> minds <strong>of</strong> men have m<strong>an</strong>y arbitrary<br />

l<strong>an</strong>guages, varied in <strong>the</strong>ir vocal utter<strong>an</strong>ces<br />

or pictured hieroglyphics, which have made<br />

our race more sectional since it disputed<br />

under <strong>the</strong> shadows <strong>of</strong> Babel; <strong>the</strong> hearts<br />

<strong>of</strong> men have but one, taught <strong>the</strong>m by<br />

Nature—<strong>the</strong> l<strong>an</strong>guage <strong>of</strong> emotion. This<br />

welds hum<strong>an</strong>ity toge<strong>the</strong>r, <strong>an</strong>d establishes<br />

a Freemasonry between <strong>the</strong> dwarfs <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

Arctic Circle <strong>an</strong>d those <strong>of</strong> Tierra del Fuego,<br />

between <strong>the</strong> crouching slave <strong>of</strong> Africa <strong>an</strong>d<br />

<strong>the</strong> proud Caucasi<strong>an</strong>.<br />

It is thus that <strong>the</strong> present is able to<br />

interpret <strong>the</strong> past. <strong>The</strong> toga <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Eo-

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