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foot of the charming olive-covered hills of 

 Tivoli, Horace (not he of Chappaqua) had 

 a sunny farm : it was in sight of Hadrian's 

 villa, who did landscape-gardening on an 

 extensive scale, and probably did not get 

 half as much comfort out of it as Horace 

 did from his more simply-tilled acres. "We 

 trust that Horace did a little hoeing and 

 farming himself, and that his verse is not 

 all fraudulent sentiment. In order to enjoy 

 agriculture, you do not want too much of it, 

 and you want to be poor enough to have a 

 little inducement to work moderately your- 

 self. Hoe while it is spring, and enjoy the 

 best anticipations. It is not much matter if 

 things do not turn out welL 



