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takes a nooning, birds are silent, flowers sleep, 

 and even the brook seems to dally drowsily with 

 the pebbles that fret its course, why not follow 

 their example ? A noonday meal, a mid-day 

 nap, and then ready to meet the world on even 

 terms. I am receptive to the renewed activities 

 of the closing day. In short, dinner at noon 

 means two short days rather than one long 

 period of activity in the twenty-four hours ; and 

 who, when a child, but did not always prefer 

 two pieces of pie rather than one big one ? It 

 seemed more, whether it was or not, and that 

 made all the difference in the world. Let what 

 is before us seem superlatively excellent and 

 so it is, in that mightiest sense, unto our own 

 selves. 



