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professions end — by raising his bread. This is the nobility of 

 pursuit, kindred with the history of the earth. 

 It w^as of this that it w^as so admirably said : 



** From yon blue Heaven above us bent, 

 The grand old gard'ner and his wife 

 Smile at the claims of long descent." 



ChaHge and vicissitude come to all that man w^orks out in his 

 years of struggle with the world, but less to that man w^ho devotes 

 himself to the culture of the earth, than to others. 



The day must come when remembering that they possess their 

 share in the beautiful and pleasant, beyond other men, since all 

 that nature can carve or paint is theirs, the farmer of New^-York 

 shall bring around him every thing that shall make his home the 

 happiest of the earth. 



Mr. B. continued in this comparison of the farmer's life, with 

 that of those whose pursuits led them aw^ay from the country. 



