CHAPTER II.
CAESAR'S EARLY YEARS.
[Sidenote: Caesar's resolution.] Caesar does not seem to have been much disheartened and depressed by his misfortunes.

He possessed in his early life more than the usual share of buoyancy and light-heartedness of youth, and he went away from Rome to enter, perhaps, upon years of exile and wandering, with a determination to face boldly and to brave the evils and dangers which surrounded him, and not to succumb to them.
[Sidenote: His person and character.] Sometimes they who become great in their maturer years are thoughtful, grave, and sedate when young.

It was not so, however, with Caesar.

He was of a very gay and lively disposition.

He was tall and handsome in his person, fascinating in his manners, and fond of society, as people always are who know or who suppose that they shine in it.