CHAPTER III. 



Let a man liave all the world can give him, he is stiU miserable, if 

 he has a grovelling, unlettered, undevout mind. Let him have his 

 gardens, his fields, his woods, his la-mis, for gi-andenr, plenty, orna- 

 ment, and gratification ; while at the same time God is not in all his 

 thoughts. And let another man have neither field or garden ; let 

 him look only at nature with an enlightened mind — a mind which can 

 see and adore the Creator in his works, can consider them as demon- 

 strations of his power, his wisdom, his goodness, and his truth : this 

 man is gi-eater as weU as happier in his poverty than the other in his 



riches. 



Jones of Natland. 



I WONDER wlietlier others are conscious of a feeling 

 which I continually find ; a disposition to think that 

 that which is remote must be better than that which is 

 near. It prevails in spite of myself; in spite of 

 knowledge and reasoning : thus I am constantly 

 gazing out with longing eyes on the blue cliffs of the 

 receding coast, and saying, half unconsciously, to 

 myself, — " I wish I were at the foot of those cliffs ; 

 what treasures I might find there ! " though reflection 

 tells me that the spot where I am is of the very same 

 character, and would assume the same tantalizing 

 position were I yonder. 



The majestic mass of Portland, rising out of the sea 

 right in front of me, awakened a desire to go over and 

 explore its shores ; and as soon as spring-tide arrived I 

 made an opportunity to gratify my desire, though the 



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