Fishing and Fishermen 



ness of the human heart are measured 

 by its readiness to submit to the influ- 

 ences of Nature, and to appreciate 

 the goodness of the Supreme Power 

 who has made and beautified Nature's 

 abiding-place. In this domain, re- 

 moved from the haunts of men and 

 far aw^ay from the noise and dust of 

 their turmoil and strife, the fish- 

 ing that can fully delight the heart 

 of the true fisherman is found; and 

 here in its enjoyment, those who fish 

 are led, consciously or unconsciously, 

 to a quiet but distinct recognition of 

 a power greater than man's, and a 

 goodness far above human standards. 

 Amid such surroundings and within 

 such influences no true fisherman, 

 whether sensitively attuned to sublime 

 suggestion, or of a coarser mold and 

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