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gleam in scattered array, the latter showing 

 both a yellow and a purple species. Along 

 the swales, where little half-hidden streams 

 trickle darkling among the roots of magno- 

 lia and sweet-gum, we find gay fringes 

 of azalea, with dogwood-trees spreading 

 above them wide sprays of bloom as white 

 as snow. 



But all play and no work would be too 

 great a stress of luxury, even in the low 

 country. I have found hterary labor far 

 more easy and satisfactory here than in a 

 higher latitude. By shifting my home 

 so as to be throughout the year virtually 

 within the periphery of summer, I am 

 able to have, almost every day, my full 

 measure of outdoor exercise and free ac- 

 cess to the solitude of wild nature. To 

 the sedentary craftsman this means a great 

 deal, in both recreation of mind and re- 

 freshment of body. What is food for one 

 may be poison for another; but there is a 

 general rule, a law of biology, which can- 

 not be dodged by any of us — the law 

 known to the fowls of the air and the 

 beasts of the field; namely, that life de- 

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