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there over the whole valley, and could read miles of 

 landscape." "Pshaw! " he said, "I have no time 

 for fooling. I have to get up and get, from four 

 o'clock in the morning until seven at night; I've no 

 time to look at pictures and read landscapes." He 

 has a good bank account, and there is no decent 

 reason why he should be in the shafts all day. As 

 it is, his nook is a thicket of thorns, bordered with 

 sticktights. I carried some of those weed seeds 

 home with me, on my clothes, and my collie carried 

 more, to sow in decent fields. 



There are two classes of men and women every- 

 where; those who know nothing but work, and 

 those who will not work. The former are as far 

 as the latter from creating a true adjustment of life. 

 One cannot start, and the other cannot stop. The 

 home in both cases is sure to be deprived of natural 

 growth. Money piled up does not assure even 

 comfort. A country home must suggest something 

 far beyond mere hand toil; unfortunately, most 

 country homes do not. There must be consider- 

 able play for the imagination to work out ideals. 

 This will probably not lower the bank account at 

 all, but it will take into account also the sand- 

 bank, or cliffs and glens and gorges, will listen to 



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