Chapter XIV 



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ON THE HEIGHTS 



iTURE creates days 

 for special insights 

 and outlooks days 

 whose distinctive 

 qualities make them part 

 of the universal revelation of the 

 year. There are days for the deep woods, 

 and for the open fields ; days for the 

 beach, and for the inland river; days for 

 solitary musing beside some secluded rivu- 

 let, and days for the companionship and 

 movement of the highways. Each day is 

 fitted by some subtle magic of adaptation 

 to the place and the aspect of nature which 

 it is to reveal with a clearness denied to 

 other hours. There came such a day not 

 long ago to me ; a day of tonic atmosphere 

 clear, cloudless, inspiring ; there was no 

 audible invitation in the air, but I knew 

 by some instinct that the day and the 

 mountains were parts of one complete 

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