The Mission of 



relieved by the hope that true fisher- 

 men will be tolerant, whatever may be 

 the measure of my success, and that 

 all others concerned will be teachable 

 and open-minded. 



Lessons the Fisherman Learns from 

 Nature 



The plan I have laid out for the 

 treatment of my topic leads me, first 

 of all, to speak of the manner in which 

 the fishing habit operates upon man's 

 nature for its betterment; and after- 

 ward to deal with the qualities of 

 heart and disposition necessary to 

 the maintenance of good and regular 

 standing in the fishing fraternity. 



There is no man in the world capa- 

 ble of profitable thought who does not 

 know that the real worth and genuine- 

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