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Character Wrought by Hardship—See [Saved in Service].

CHARACTERISTIC TRAITS

A look, a touch, a word is enough, not infrequently, to betray the man back of it, the unconscious being the characteristic.

Mendelssohn once revealed his masterhand as a musician to the organ-keeper in Strasburg Cathedral by the way he made the instrument speak, just as Giotto, as an artist, did to a stranger on one occasion by drawing a perfect circle at a stroke.

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Characteristics Revealing Authorship—See [Recognition by One’s Work].

Characterization, Improper—See [Badness in Boys].

CHARITY

Don’t look for the flaws as you go through life,