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siderations. Possibly you feel constrained to leave a cli- 

 mate which, while it gives health and strength to others, 

 is depriving you of yours. In this case, also, we bid 

 you God-speed. Go to some one of those broad fields 

 in the interior of our wide land, which the fog and mist 

 of ocean never reach, where a virgin soil awaits your 

 coming, and will repay your toil ; or plant yourself in 

 the sunny South — in a tropical climate, if you please — 

 where, under the spreading shades of your your figs and 

 olives, oranges and bananas, you can recline and fan 

 yourself, and think how pleasant it would be to breathe 

 once more the cool crisp air of the mountains, or to slide 

 over the smooth paths of the shining snow, with the 

 merry jingle of the bells and the music of laughter-lov- 

 ing maidens, or with the still sw^eeter music of cheerful 

 wife and rosy-cheeked children. 



But, perhaps, you feel that your sphere of action is 

 here too limited ; and you would cover with your title 

 deeds, and vex with your plough and harrow, some of 

 those wider and more fertile fields which stretch away 

 toward the sunset. 



I do not deny the attractions there 'presented to 

 brawny muscles, and active brains, and ambitious hearts. 

 It must be a pleasant thing to behold a field of a thou- 

 sand acres, which one can call his oirn, covered with 

 countless cattle and swine, or with wheat fields waving 

 their welcome to the summer's sun, and giving golden 

 promise of bountiful harvests. Other things heing equals 

 this is decidedly preferable to a few acres of thin hard 

 soil, with a scanty patch-work of the various crops, 

 which the. climate permits, while there is nothing in suf- 

 ficient quantitf/ to afford either a desirable profit, or rea- 

 son for an honorable pride. 



