skventeen] conclusion 



I have come to the last words of my book, and I 

 am very sorry that I must say to you Good-by. It 

 is not as an author, but as a friend. It is with real 

 regret — there is so much to learn and to talk about 

 in these new homes of ours that one never gets to 

 an end. But that is the glory of it. The seasons 

 are not a dead round of reiterated buying and 

 selling, but each year unfolds a marvelous display 

 of new ideas. All hail the hillsides, with their 

 breezes! All hail the valleys, with their brooks! 

 They open their arms to new homes, better 

 thoughts, nobler aspirations, with wiser culture 

 of both the land and the land-holder. 



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