"
This was a small part of the speech which caused much enthusiasm, and was
the beginning of a movement, powerful, and as time went on, impetuous.
He went to bed with the blood of battle throbbing in his veins. In the
morning he had a reasonable joy in seeing the headlines of his
candidature in the papers.
At first he was almost appalled, for never since life began had his
personality been so displayed. It seemed absurd that before he had struck
a blow he should be advertised like a general in the field. Yet common
sense told him that in standing against Barouche, he became important in
the eyes of those affected by Barouche's policy. He had had luck, and it
was for him to justify that luck. Could he do it? His first thought,
however, as his eyes fell on the headlines--he flushed with elation so
that he scarcely saw--was for the thing itself. Before him there flashed
a face, however, which at once sobered his exaltation. It was the face of
Junia.
"I wonder what she will think," he said to himself, with a little
perplexity.
He knew in his heart of hearts she would not think it incongruous that
he, an artist, should become a politician. Good laws served to make life
beautiful, good pictures ministered to beauty; good laws helped to tell
the story of human development; good sculpture strengthened the soul;
good laws made life's conveniences greater, enlarged activity, lessened
the friction of things not yet adjusted; good laws taught their framers
how to balance things, how to make new principles apply without
disturbing old rights; good pictures increased the well-balanced harmony
of the mind of the people.
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