We unconsciously admire the enthusiasm of the lad, and respect the impulse which impelled him to make the journey.

It is related of Sir Joshua Reynolds, that when a boy of ten, he thrust his hand through intervening rows of people to touch Pope, as if there were a sort of virtue in the contact.

At a much later period, the painter Haydon was proud to see and to touch Reynolds when on a visit to his native place.

Rogers the poet used to tell of his ardent desire, when a boy, to see Dr.Johnson; but when his hand was on the knocker of the house in Bolt Court, his courage failed him, and he turned away.

So the late Isaac Disraeli, when a youth, called at Bolt Court for the same purpose; and though he HAD the courage to knock, to his dismay he was informed by the servant that the great lexicographer had breathed his last only a few hours before.
On the contrary, small and ungenerous minds cannot admire heartily.