An idea, like a ghost, must be spoken to a little before it will explain itself.

“Those venerable and feeble persons were always seen by the public in the act of…”

“We need never be ashamed of our tears.”

“He had no cause for self-reproach on the score of neglect, or want of thought, …”

“Of all my old associations, of all my old pursuits and hopes, of all the living…”