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Huneker, James, 1860-1921

"Visionaries"

You may not know it, he has a very strong, sane head on his
shoulders; but this scheme for lifting up the masses, I suspect, may
upset his own equilibrium. And his constant study of the Apocalypse and
the Hebraic revelations--it has filled him with strange notions.
Understand me: a man who can swim in the air like a fish in the sea is
apt to become unstrung. He has begun to identify himself with the
prophets. He insists on showing biblical pictures,--worse still,
appearing in them himself."
"How 'appearing in them'?" asked Gerald, wonderingly.
"In actual person. I, too, have promised to go with him."
"In a transparency of fire, you mean? Isn't it dangerous?" She hung her
head.
"No, in mid air, in a fiery chariot," she murmured.
"The Woman of the Apocalypse!" he cried. "Oh! Princess Mila, dearest
Mila Georgovics, promise me that you will not risk such a crazy
experiment." Gerald pressed his fingers to his throbbing temples.
"It is no experiment at all," she said, in almost inaudible tones;
_"last night we flew over the house.


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