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selfish. Upon the other hand, its effects are 

 just the opposite. He draws close to Nature, 

 learns her laws, and feels the sweep of her 

 elemental life. He kills only what is fit to 

 eat and needed for food. Every element of 

 his character is strengthened by the care, 

 skill, patience, judgment and zeal with 

 which he follows game. Such boys rarely 

 commit crime or display mental weakness. 

 They make strong, clean, sane, wholesome 

 men. 



