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poet to depend wholly upon human actions and 

 conversations for his effects. The moral of 

 all this need not be appended. Out-door 

 life is the great recreator and regenerator. Na- 

 ture is steeped in the elixir which has power 

 to freshen and renew our highest facilities. If 

 " the proper study of mankind is man," still 

 it is safe to say that sound lungs, healthy 

 blood, a good appetite, and a clear brain, are 

 indispensable to such study, and are to be had 

 only by those who breathe pure air, digest their 

 food, and read the human heart by the light 

 of the sun. 



