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ROSCOE
byWashingtonIrving
ROSCOE
-Intheserviceofmankindtobe
Aguardiangodbelow;stilltoemploy
Themind'sbraveardorinheroicaims,
Suchasmayraiseuso'erthegrovellingherd,
Andmakeusshineforever-thatislife.
THOMSON.
ONEofthefirstplacestowhichastrangeristakeninL
3、iverpoolis
theAthenaeum.Itisestablishedonaliberalandjudiciousplan;it
containsagoodlibrary,andspaciousreading-room,andisthegreat
literaryresortoftheplace.Gothereatwhathouryoumay,youare
suretofinditfilledwithgrave-lookingpersonages,deeply
absorbedinthestudyofnewspapers.
AsIwasoncevisi
4、tingthishauntofthelearned,myattentionwas
attractedtoapersonjustenteringtheroom.Hewasadvancedinlife,
tall,andofaformthatmightoncehavebeencommanding,butitwasa
littlebowedbytime-perhapsbycare.HehadanobleRomanstyleof
countenance;aheadthatwouldhavepleasedapainter;andthoughsome
slightfurr
5、owsonhisbrowshowedthatwastingthoughthadbeenbusy
there,yethiseyestillbeamedwiththefireofapoeticsoul.
Therewassomethinginhiswholeappearancethatindicatedabeing
ofadifferentorderfromthebustlingracearoundhim.
Iinquiredhisname,andwasinformedthatitwasRoscoe.Idrew
backwithaninvoluntaryfeeli
6、ngofveneration.This,then,wasan
authorofcelebrity;thiswasoneofthosemen,whosevoiceshavegone
forthtotheendsoftheearth;withwhosemindsIhavecommuned
eveninthesolitudesofAmerica.Accustomed,asweareinour
country,toknowEuropeanwritersonlybytheirworks,wecannot
conceiveofthem,asofothermen,engro
7、ssedbytrivialorsordid
pursuits,andjostlingwiththecrowdofcommonmindsinthedusty
pathsoflife.Theypassbeforeourimaginationslikesuperiorbeings,
radiantwiththeemanationsoftheirgenius,andsurroundedbya
haloofliteraryglory.
Tofind,therefore,theeleganthistorianoftheMedici,mingling
amongthebus
8、ysonsoftraffic,atfi
