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. Aiul, though we should !>.> grateful for good houses, there is. after all, no 

 house like God's out-of-doors. 



— R. L. Stevenson. 



Above, the clear sky was full of stars, the sky a lovely night blue. It was ii 

 time when, if ever it will, the soul reigns and the coarse, rude acts of day are 

 forgotten ni the aspirations of the inmost mind. 



The night was calm — still; it was in no haste to do anj^thiug — it had nothing 

 it needed to do. To he is enough for the stars. 



— Richard Jeffries. 



The simplicity of winter has a deep moral. The return of nature, after such 

 a career of splendor and prodigality, to habits so simple and austere is not lost, 

 either upon the head or the heart. It is the philosopher coming back from the 

 banquet and the wine to a cup of water and a crust of bread. 



— John Burroughs. 



To him who, in the love of Nature, holds 

 Communion with her visible forms, she speaks 

 A various language ; for his gayer hours 

 She has a voice of gladness, and a smile 

 And eloquence of beauty, and she glides 

 Into his darker musings with a mild 

 And healing sympathy that steals away 

 Their sharpness, ere he is aware. 



— William Oullen Bryant. 



