New Walks in Old Ways 



that walks, any planet that shines in 

 the heavens, any rock turned up by 

 the plow, any bug or bird that flies. 

 You don't have to go to college to get 

 an inkling of the real wonders of the 

 world. You don't have to be a mere 

 visionary just because you find a lot 

 of things that interest you in earth 

 and air, the knowledge of which yields 

 no actual cash. There are at least a 

 few coppers of comfort you can carry 

 around with you that no man can get 

 away from you, even in these trying 

 days of A. D. 1921 in which I write. 



After your physical needs are pro- 

 vided for, why waste all your days 

 plotting and planning and dreaming 

 about additional acres when you know 

 very well that you may have a whole 

 section of rich black soil, and still be 

 bankrupt in character, health and 

 happiness? With which few remarks 

 I am going back to the meadow. 



By mere chance I discovered a nest 

 alongside a young bull-thistle the day 



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