'Misfortunes had rendered him misanthropical.'

Anthony herman was the name of the Solitary. Misfortunes had rendered him misanthropical. Disgusted with the world, whose inmates were as unaccommodating as himself, he retired from it – his heart sick with spleen, and in behaviour, positive and overbearing. In Waldorf, he looked for that quiet, unassuming auditor, who should be stunned / with his eloquence – and hear, and approve his arguments, without starting a doubt, or pursuing a dispute. He soon discovered his mistake – the youth was stubborn in his simple theory; and as his education continued, his fine abilities unfolded themselves, his ample intellect thirsted for knowledge, and his full mind seemed bursting with new ideas.