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surprising truth that there was neither moral 

 right nor moral wrong to be considered in this 

 case that if one did not like the position 

 of a tree or the line of a new border, it could 

 be moved to another spot or turfed over. 

 What an emancipation ! How one's imagination 

 began to gallop ; so that one was impatient for 

 the dawn to come, in order to gaze out of the 

 window and plan new conquests and new ad- 

 ventures suggested in the still darkness. To 

 the hitherto landless, how intoxicating is the 

 possession of land. And as a very humble 

 follower of " the valiant woman " who " hath 

 seen a field and bought it and planted a vine- 

 yard," one may lay aside vain and foolish, be- 

 cause baseless, fears and questioning, and go 

 forward in hope and confidence. 



