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of these persons will be disappointed, not be- 

 cause they will fail to find the interest in nature 

 but because they will know nothing about farm- 

 ing and the practical affairs of the country ; and 

 no doubt some of them will find the love for 

 the town to be deeper-seated than they had 

 been aware. 



The farmer himself will develop this nature- 

 love slowly and non-theoretically, and it will 

 abide ; at the same time, his occupation will be 

 developing out of mere laboriousness, and he 

 will have some strength and opportunity remain- 

 ing for the enjoyment of his environment. I 

 am sometimes told, when I make remarks simi- 

 lar to these, that I am idealizing. I hope that 

 I am, for if farm life cannot be idealized, it can- 

 not be recommended ; but I hope that the 

 ideals are attainable. 



The reverential attitude. 



The countryman's training, whether in home 

 or school, should be such as to intensify his 

 spiritual reactions. There is danger that we 

 miss the reverential attitude toward life. 



