I might have known it was he . O sir , you have indeed succeeded , for you have given that figure the power and pathos of the first man who sinned and suffered , and began again . '' `` Then I am satisfied . '' That was all he said , but the look he gave his work was a very eloquent one , for it betrayed that he had paid the price of success in patience and privation , labor and hope . `` What can one do to learn your secret ? '' asked the girl wistfully , for there was nothing in the man 's manner to disturb her self-forgetful mood , but much to foster it , because to the solitary worker this confiding guest was as welcome as the doves who often hopped in at his window . `` Work and wait , and meantime feed heart , soul , and imagination with the best food one can get , '' he answered slowly , finding it impossible to give a receipt for genius . `` I can work and wait a long time to gain my end ; but I do n't know where to find the food you speak of ? '' she answered , looking at him like a hungry child . `` I wish I could tell you , but each needs different fare , and each must look for it in different places . '' The kindly tone and the sympathizing look , as well as the lines in his forehead , and a few gray hairs among the brown , gave Psyche courage to say more . `` I love beauty so much that I not only want to possess it myself , but to gain the power of seeing it in all things , and the art of reproducing it with truth . I have tried very hard to do it , but something is wanting ; and in spite of my intense desire I never get on . '' As she spoke the girl 's eyes filled and fell in spite of herself , and turning a little with sudden shamefacedness she saw , lying on the table beside her among other scraps in manuscript and print , the well-known lines , -- `` I slept , and dreamed that life was beauty ; I woke , and found that life was duty . Was thy dream then a shadowy lie ? Toil on , sad heart , courageously , And thou shall find thy dream to be A noonday light and truth to thee . '' She knew them at a glance , had read them many times , but now they came home to her with sudden force , and , seeing that his eye had followed hers , she said in her impulsive fashion . -- `` Is doing one 's duty a good way to feed heart , soul , and imagination ? '' As if he had caught a glimpse of what was going on in her mind , Paul answered emphatically , -- `` Excellent ; for if one is good , one is happy , and if happy , one can work well . Moulding character is the highest sort of sculpture , and all of us should learn that art before we touch clay or marble . ''
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