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acquaintance with him, we soon invited him to dine with us. He was already quite bald, and this untimely blemish appeared in strange contrast with the youthful energy of his facial expression.
He was accompanied by his wife, whose mild countenance, compared with his, suggested even more than the usual contrast between husband and wife.
One might have said of her that she came near being very handsome.
Her complexion was fair, her features were regular, and the expression of her face was very naif and gentle.
A certain want of physical maturity seemed to have prevented her from blossoming into full beauty.
It was a great grief both to her and to her husband that their union was childless.
Theodore Parker's reputation had already reached Rome, and there as elsewhere brought him many attentions from scholars, and even from dignitaries of the Catholic Church.
He remained in the Eternal City, as we did, through the winter, and we saw him frequently.
When, in the spring, my eldest child was born, I desired that she should be christened by Parker.
This caused some uneasiness to my sisters, who were with me at the time.
One of them took occasion to call upon Parker at his lodgings, and to inquire how the infant was to be christened, in what name.
Our friend replied that he had never heard of any baptismal formula other than the
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