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iii their perfect working together. But for the pre- 

 sent, in these books of the Seasons, if I can describe 

 the out of doors, its living creatures and their doings, 

 its winds and skies with their suggestions all of 

 the out of doors, as it surrounds and supports me 

 here in my home on Mullein Hill, Hingham, so that 

 you can see how your out of doors surrounds and 

 supports you, with all its manifold life and beauty, 

 then I have done enough. If only I can accomplish 

 a fraction of this I have done enough. 



DALLAS LORE SHARP. 



MULLEIN HILL, September, 1911. 



