with due consideration. But there is a way some¬
men
 have, rural and urban alike, for which the mind¬
is more
 responsible than flesh and sinew : it is a way of¬
curtail+
 ing their dimensions by their manner of showing¬
them.
 And from a quiet modesty that would have become a
 vestal which seemed continually to impress upon¬
him
 <P 53>
 that he had no great claim on the world's room,¬
Oak
 walked unassumingly and with a faintly¬
perceptible
 bend, yet distinct from a bowing of the¬
shoulders.
 This may be said to be a defect in an individual¬
if he
 depends for his valuation more upon his¬
appearance
 than upon his capacity to wear well, which Oak¬
did not.
 He had just reached the time of life at which "¬
young'
 is ceasing to be the prefix of "man ' in speaking¬
of one.
 He was at the brightest period of masculine¬
growth,
 for his intellect and his emotions were clearly¬
separated :
 he had passed the time during which the influence¬
of
 youth indiscriminately mingles them in the¬
character
 of impulse, and he had not yet arrived at the¬
stage