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THINGS TO DO THIS SPRING 



>you tame a hop-toad, feed him, watch him 

 Ufter evening all summer, than make any sort o 

 dead or dried or pressed collection of anything. Liv 

 things are better than those things dead. Better 

 now one live toad under your doorstep than bottle 

 ,up in alcohol all the reptiles of your state. 



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Finally you should remember that kindliness and " 

 patience and close watching are the keys to the out- 

 1 of-doors ; that only sympathy and gentleness and 

 ; quiet are welcome in the fields and woods. What, 

 v then, ought I to say that you should do finally? 



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