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and meditation, these are more than ever necessary 

 to complete our lives, and the pastime of angling, 

 rightly used, will give them all. If it gives a few 

 good fish as well from time to time, so much the 

 better, but it is not a failure without them. I write 

 these words of ending after two days which have 

 been as blank as days can be absolutely fishless, 

 yet full of enjoyment. I can wish the novice no 

 better fortune than that he may be able to get as 

 much pleasure even from blank days as I can. 

 And I wish him the best. 



