incomprehension, and weary doubts, and empty denials of the
multitude--then, like a breath of balm, came to his weary forward the
soft gale from the land he sought; he saw in his own mind the tall pines
reach up into the blue skies, the rich bloom and greenness of its
Savannas; he inhaled the odor of rare blossoms that the Old World
never saw, and then he riz up agin, refreshed, as it were, and ready to
press forwards.

[Illustration: He saw in his own mind the tall pines reach up into
the blue skies.]

Yes, in every country, through all time, there has always been some
Columbus, walkin' with his feet on the ground amongst mortals, and his
head in the Heavens amongst Gods.

He has oftenest been poor, and always misunderstood, and undervalued, by
the grosser souls about him.

The discoverers, the inventors, whom God loves best, it must be, sence
He confides in 'em, and tells 'em things He keeps hid from the World.
Them who apprehend while yet they cannot comprehend.

And that is what we have got to do lots of times if we git along any in
this World, if we calculate to git out of its Swamps and Morasses onto
any considerable rise of ground.

You can't foller a ground-mice or a snail, if you lay out to elevate
yourself; no, you must foller a Star.

You have got to keep your eyes up above the ground, or your feet will