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A Twentieth Century Idealist

Chapter 53: FOOTNOTES:
By Henry Pettit
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The narrative follows Adele and her companions as their lives move from domestic American settings through Mediterranean travel to the Himalayas, describing a progression from physical preoccupations to intellectual curiosities and finally to spiritual seeking. Episodes examine amateur mental sciences, palmistry, artistic sensibility, illness and convalescence, and ritualized encounters with nature, culminating in an ascent to a mountain cathedral where natural spectacle and ceremonial practice converge. Travel and sustained observation prompt reflections on ideals, the purpose of art, and the voice of nature, guiding the characters toward a contemplative synthesis of personal aspiration and transcendent experience.

FOOTNOTES:

[1] Phillips Brooks.

[2] See frontispiece. A view from near Sundookphoo.

 

 

 

 

Transcriber’s Note

Inconsistencies in hyphenation such as “hill-side”/“hillside” have been maintained.

Minor punctuation and spelling errors have been silently corrected and, except for those changes noted below, all misspellings in the text, especially in dialogue, and inconsistent or archaic usage, have been retained.

  1. Page 26: “Semple opened with some of Brahams’” changed to “Semple opened with some of Brahms’”.
  2. Page 73: “fire-opal of true Indian irridescence” changed to “fire-opal of true Indian iridescence”.
  3. Page 108: “had the courage of her convicions” changed to “had the courage of her convictions”.
  4. Page 117: “consequences as this; but if unsucessful” changed to “consequences as this; but if unsuccessful”.
  5. Page 163: “the true union, earthly, heavenly, etrenal” changed to “the true union, earthly, heavenly, eternal”.
  6. Page 226: “and all the essentials for majesty domnating” changed to “and all the essentials for majesty dominating”.
  7. Page 275: “fluttered a message of thanks, or propitation” changed to “fluttered a message of thanks, or propitiation”.