ADVICE FOR LACKLAND 



sion to a place; they have almost as much to 

 do with it, in fact, as a man's mouth has to do 

 with the expression of his face. 



There was once a gate called "Beautiful," 

 by which a lame man lay — we all remember 

 that; there was once too a certain "wicket- 

 gate" (with a great light shining somewhere 

 beyond it) which Evangelist pointed out to 

 Christian, whereby the pilgrim might enter 

 upon the path to the Celestial City — we all 

 remember that gate; and there was another 

 gate, belonging to our days of roundabeuts 

 and satchels, by which we went out, noon and 

 morning, by which we returned, noon and 

 evening — on which we swung upon stolen 

 occasions — a gate whereat we loitered with 

 other philosophers, in other roundabouts and 

 with other green satchels, and discussed prob- 

 lems of marbles, or base-ball, or of the 

 weather, — a gate through which led the path 

 to the first home; well, I think everybody re- 

 members such a gate. And thus it happens 

 that the subject has a certain poetic and 

 romantic interest which cannot be wholly 

 ignored, and which I wonder that the land- 

 scapists have so indifferently treated. 



Fancy, if you can, a rural home, — without 

 its gateway — lying all abroad upon a com- 



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