It was then for the first time also that Arnold discovered a truth of overwhelming importance.

Every new fact--everything which cannot be disputed or denied, is, we all know, of the most enormous importance.

He discovered no less a truth than that he was in love with Iris.

So important is this truth to a young man that it reduces the countless myriads of the world to a single pair--himself and another; it converts the most arid waste of streets into an Eden; and it blinds the eyes to ambition, riches, and success.

Arnold sat down and reasoned out this truth.