The lofty peaks were hidden in clouds of white, and the ice was forming around the edges of Andiatarocte and Oneadatote.

Perhaps Willet and Tayoga were scouting in the snowy forests, but they must often hang over the blazing fires, too.
The coldness without, the blaze on the hearth, and the warmth within increased his taste for reading and his comprehension seemed to grow also.

He found new meanings in the classics and he became saturated also with style.

His were the gifts of an orator, and it was often said in after years, when he became truly great, that his speech, in words, in metaphor and in illustration followed, or at least were influenced, by the best models.

Some people found in him traces of Shakespeare, the lofty imagery and poetry and the deep and wide knowledge of human emotions, of life itself.