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sedately, and made it, even more than common, 

 " the contemplative man's recreation." 



AMICUS. I can easily imagine that in such 

 situations as those you allude to, amongst the 

 gentle murmurs of the ever-flowing water in its 

 course to the ocean, there to find its rest for a 

 time, analogous to our rest in the grave, as 

 the vapour which rises from the same ocean 

 may be held to be analogous to the resurgent 

 spirit; or on the secluded lake, there may 

 be an almost involuntary disposition to serious 

 thought and religious musings, especially on 

 this day, whatever the form of creed, 

 a recurring from the past and present to the 

 mysterious future, that mystery of mysteries, 

 beginning where life, mortal life, ends. But 

 even with this admission it is best, I think, to 

 shun the temptation, and make the Sabbath a 

 day of rest. 



PISCATOR. Yes; but not after the Jewish 

 fashion ; remembering that " The Sabbath was 

 made for man, and not man for the Sabbath." 

 Let it be a day of rest from toil, and devoted to 

 man's higher wants, religious and intellectual, 

 including such pursuits, I would even say 



