XVII. 



CORN AND BEANS, ETC. (SUCCC TASK.) 



I LEAN to the Epicurean rather than to the 

 Stoic philosophy. Indeed, as far as I am ac- 

 quainted with the traditions of my childhood, 

 I never was much of ^a Stoic in silent endurance 

 of " outrageous fortune " armed (justly, I fear) 

 with a rod, and I am satisfied that I was any- 

 thing but nonchalant when her smiles meant 

 mince-pie and jelly-cake. I suppose the man 

 is wrapped up in the boy, just as the oak in 

 the acorn. At any rate, I imagine that my 

 heart will ever yearn over the place that min- 

 isters so much to every sense as the garden. 

 Mine, as I have shown, furnishes me with mu 

 sic ; and I have heard nothing at the academy 



