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forests and rivers of the new world to yield their treasures 

 to the old ; and he brought into the gardens of England 

 the wonderful flowers of the islands of the sea. Such 

 were the pastimes of Fothergill : they kept him at home 

 with nature and ministered to that singleness of spirit 

 which was his crown. 



