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 Had Walter and James both moved in the same circle, Walter's influence would have been more steadily exerted over him, but as the democracy of childhood was merged into the exclusiveness which attends scholarship, James' pursuits led him into a different rank of associates. Again and again, when they occasionly met had Walter remonstrated with him for the society he kept, and James had as often promised amendment, but his promises were as often broken.