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feet. I take out my note-book and make my extracts. And 

 I always feel happier when returning from reading my books 

 in my library, for I can always find something new in them. 



" Nature never did betray 

 The heart that loved her ; 'tis her privilege 

 Through all the years of this our life to lead 

 From joy to joy ; for she can so inform 

 The mind that is within us, so impress 

 With quietness and heauty, and so feed 

 With lofty thoughts, that neither evil tongues, 

 Rash judgments, nor the sneers of selfish men, 

 Nor greetings where no kindness is, nor all 

 The dreary intercourse of daily life, 

 Shall e'er prevail against us, or disturb 

 Our cheerful faith that all that we behold 

 Is full of blessings." 



