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in like manner there is no climate, nor 

 any single feature of any climate, but by 

 some constitutions it will be found unen- 

 durable. The earth is to be populated 

 throughout, so it would appear ; and to that 

 end sundry necessary precautions have been 

 taken against human inertia. A certain 

 proportion of boys must be born with a 

 propensity for wandering and adventure ; 

 and the most favored spot must not contain 

 within itself all conceivable advantages. If 

 everybody could stand the rigors of New 

 England weather, what would become of 

 the rest of the 'continent ? 



Unless I misjudge myself, I should soon 

 tire of perpetual summer. Like the ungrate- 

 ful Israelites with the manna, my soul would 

 loathe such light bread. To my provincial 

 mind, as I believe, nothing else could ever 

 quite take the place of a rotation of the sea- 

 sons. There should be rain and shine, cold 

 and heat. A change from good weather to 

 bad, and back again, is on the whole better 

 than unbroken good weather. Dullness to 

 set off brightness, night to give relief to 

 the day, such is the wise order of nature ; 

 and I do not account it altogether a token 



