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| Occupation | wandering minstrel and outlaw |
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| Location | Charlottesville, Virginia, United States |
| Introduction | "What was the meaning of this weeping? Was his aching soul thereby revealing the doleful mystery of its illness - that the lofty inner man who was beginning to be built in him had had no time to form and gain strength; that, not tried from early years in the struggle with failure, he had never attained the lofty ability to rise and gain strength from obstacles and barriers; that, having melted like heated metal, the wealth of great feeling had not been subjected to a final tempering, and now, lacking resilience, his will was powerless; that an extraordinary mentor had died too soon, and there was no longer anyone in the whole world capable of raising and holding up those forces rocked by eternal vacillation and that feeble will lacking in resilience - who could cry out in a live and rousing voice - cry out to his soul the rousing word: forward! - which ... man everywhere, at every level of rank, title, and occupation, yearns for?" |