SuchmadeasmallpartofthenumerousconversationsMejnourheldwithhispupil，——conversationsthat，whiletheyappearedtoaddressthemselvestothereason，inflamedyetmorethefancy。
ItwastheverydisclaimingofallpowerswhichNature，properlyinvestigated，didnotsufficetocreate，thatgaveanairofprobabilitytothosewhichMejnourassertedNaturemightbestow。
Thusdaysandweeksrolledon；andthemindofGlyndon，graduallyfittedtothissequesteredandmusinglife，forgotatlastthevanitiesandchimerasoftheworldwithout。
Oneeveninghehadlingeredaloneandlateupontheramparts，watchingthestarsas，onebyone，theybrokeuponthetwilight。
Neverhadhefeltsosensiblythemightypoweroftheheavensandtheearthuponman；howmuchthespringsofourintellectualbeingaremovedandacteduponbythesolemninfluencesofNature。Asapatientonwhom，slowlyandbydegrees，theagenciesofmesmerismarebroughttobear，heacknowledgedtohisheartthegrowingforceofthatvastanduniversalmagnetismwhichisthelifeofcreation，andbindstheatomtothewhole。