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have testified. And here, in southern California, 

 where winds blow but blithely and storms are not, 

 who can resist the sweet voice of the Pacific ? To 

 those who live upon the seaboard she calls night 

 and day, in simple language that needs no inter- 

 preter. To the sportsman she promises much goodly 

 entertainment and exercise ; to women and children 

 she warbles joyously of health and happiness ; to 

 the weary bread-winner she whispers — Best. 

 Yet how few of us give ear ! 



