A JOURNEY TO NATURE 



while, and perhaps it will regulate itself. Did it 

 ever occur to you that there might be some will 

 power in the universe lying around loose that 

 wasn t yours? If I can get a patient to stop self- 

 focussing himself for a while, I feel quite certain 

 that some kind of regulative energy will drift into 

 him. Now, then, what time do you lunch ? &quot; 



&quot;Charlie,&quot; I said, &quot;put on your apron and set 

 out the hard-boiled eggs and crackers.&quot; 



The Doctor was an old campaigner, and one 

 who has been, never quite gets over the habits of 

 it. He had slept in the snow, rolled up in a blue 

 overcoat, so he told me, when campaigning with 

 Crook, and had eaten raw pork between hardtack 

 for breakfast, when the pork had to be chopped 

 with a hatchet, and, said he, &quot; I remember those 

 savage meals pleasantly, and have forgotten all the 

 dinners that I ate at the Holland House and Del- 

 monico s. After all, there s nothing so relative as 

 our gustatory zest. In fact, all our appetites are 

 conditional. A man enjoys a meal very much as he 

 enjoys female society it depends on the scarcity.&quot; 



&quot; And the liberty,&quot; I said. &quot; There is nothing 

 so delightful as to be able to do as you please 

 without fear of interruption.&quot; 



&quot; Very fine for a change, old chap, but make 

 no mistake, it will not do for a steady thing. I 

 cannot imagine any condition of existence so hor 

 ribly full of ennui as absolute freedom would be. 

 Fancy all obligations, all the dear old fetters, the 

 very preservative weight of an atmosphere of 

 duty, removed, and the monition of ( Thou shalt 



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