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It reminds me of great pictures of which I have heard, and which I intend to some day see. It is full of beautiful pictures itself. Two I especially remember and admire. One is the scene on the road near Jerusalem. Ben Hur is a captive. He is kneeling, with his hands chained behind him: nearby stand the horses, and the men, that is the officers. Joseph is standing in the rear: Ben Hur's hands and feet are torn and bleeding, his garments tattered, and he is looking up, with somewhat of surprise to the boy who is offering him a drink; which he has procured at a well on the other side of the road. The boy, which is the Christ, is very beautiful, that is - the sort of soul beauty that you meet with so seldom - the kind that breaks your heart, and makes you think, not of the person himself, but of the beautiful soul within him.