12/17 Yet I suppose it is not so to the absent. At least, I have read things written about Niagara, music, and the like, that interested _me_. Once I was moved by Mr.Greenwood's remark, that he could not realize this marvel till, opening his eyes the next morning after he had seen it, his doubt as to the possibility of its being still there taught him what he had experienced. I remember this now with pleasure, though, or because, it is exactly the opposite to what I myself felt. For all greatness affects different minds, each in "its own particular kind," and the variations of testimony mark the truth of feeling.[A] [Footnote A: "Somewhat avails, in one regard, the mere sight of beauty without the union of feeling therewith. |