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Rh This man carved the walls of his prison-house from floor to roof with all manner of figures of men and animals, grouped

in intricate designs. He had toiled there year after year, at his self-appointed task, while infants grew to boyhood—to vigorous youth—idled through school and college—acquired a profession—claimed man’s mature estate—married and looked back to infancy as to a thing