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grow lazy, were I my own master? At 

 least, " the fine point of seldom pleasure " 

 would be blunted. 



The ideal plan would include two walks : 

 one in the morning for observation, with 

 every sense alert ; the other toward night, 

 for a mood of " wise passiveness," wherein 

 Nature should be left free to have her own 

 way with the heart and the imagination. 

 Then the laureate's prayer might be ful- 

 filled: 



" Let knowledge grow from more to more, 

 But more of reverence in us dwell ; 

 That mind and soul, according well, 

 May make one music, as before." 



But this strict division of time is too often 

 out of the question, and we must contrive, 

 as best we can, to unite the two errands, 

 study and reverie : using our eyes and ears, 

 but not abusing them ; and, on the other 

 hand, giving free play to fancy and imagi- 

 nation, without permitting ourselves to de- 

 generate into impotent dreamers. Every 

 walker ought to be a faithful student of at 

 least one branch of natural history, not 

 omitting Latin names and the very latest 

 discoveries and theories. But, withal, let 



