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of the divine bounty, we grope there in the dark 

 and confused labyrinths of human mahce ; our 

 senses here are feasted with the clear and genuine 

 taste of their objects, which are all sophisticated 

 there, and for the most part overwhelmed with 

 their contraries. Here is harmless and cheap 

 plenty; there guilty and expensive luxury." 



And Sir William Temple, after a long expe- 

 rience of all the gratifications which honor and 

 wealth could bring, writes thus fi-om his fair home 

 and beautiful garden at Moor park : ** The sweet- 

 ness of air, the pleasantness of smells, the verdure 

 of plants, the cleanness and lightness of food, the 

 exercises of working or walking, but above all the 

 exemption from cares and solicitude, seem equally 

 to favor and improve both contemplation and 

 health, the enjoyment of sense and imagination, 

 and thereby the quiet and ease both of the body 

 and mind." And again he speaks of " the sweet- 

 ness and satisfaction of this retreat, where, since 

 my resolution taken of never entering again into 

 any public employments, I have passed five years 

 without ever going once to town, though I am 

 almost in sight of it, and have a house there ready 

 to receive me." 



Even so to his garden may every true gar- 

 dener say, as Martial to his wife Marcella : — 



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