A SUMMER NOON. 97 



one who surrenders himself to the hour and the 

 scene. Nature has her tempests, but her harvests 

 are gathered amid the calm of days that often 

 seem filled with the peace of heaven, and the 

 mighty and irresistible movement of her life goes 

 on in unbroken silence. The deepest thoughts are 

 always tranquilizing, the greatest minds are always 

 full of calm, the richest lives have always at heart 

 an unshaken repose. 



