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 2 TH : E EULOGY O$' RICHARD JEFFERIES. 



voice above all the voices of those who speak. 

 This is a great gift. Thou shalt also enjoy the 

 tender love of wife and children. Yet the 

 things which men most desire riches, rank, 

 independence, ease, health, and long life these 

 are denied to thee. Thou shalt be always 

 poor ; thou shalt live in humble places ; the 

 goad of necessity shall continually prick thee 

 to work when thou wouldst meditate ; to 

 write when thou wouldst walk forth to 

 observe. Thou shalt never be able to sit 

 down to rest ; thou shalt be afflicted with 

 grievous plaguy diseases ; and thou shalt die 

 when little more than half the allotted life of 

 man is past. Go, therefore. Be happy with 

 what is given, and lament not over what is 

 denied." 



Eichard JefTeries christened John Eichard, 

 but he was always called by his second name 

 was born on November 6, 1848, at the farm- 

 house of Coate you may pronounce it, if you 

 please, in Wiltshire fashion Caute. The house 

 stands on the road from Swindon to Marl- 

 borough, about two miles and a half from the 



