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But if one got no farther than his how-to-know 

 book would lead, him, he still would get into the 

 fields, the best place for him this side of heaven, 

 he would get ozone for his lungs, red blood, sound 

 sleep, and health. As a nation, we had just begun to 

 get away from the farm and out of touch with the 

 soil. The nature movement is sending us back in 

 time. A new wave of physical soundness is to roll 

 in upon us as the result, accompanied with a newness 

 of mind and of morals. 



For, next to bodily health, the influence of the 

 fields makes for the health of the spirit. It is easier 

 to be good in a good body and an environment of 

 largeness, beauty, and peace, easier here than any- 

 where else to be sane, sincere, and " in little thyng 

 have suffisaunce." If it means anything to think 

 upon whatsoever things are good and lovely, then it 

 means much to own a how-to-know book and to 

 make use of it. 



This is hardly more than a beginning, however, 

 merely satisfying an instinct of the mind. It is good 

 if done afield, even though such classifying of the 

 out-of-doors is only scraping an acquaintance with 

 nature. The best good, the deep healing, come when 



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