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liarly belongs, — his natural sphere, as it may be well 

 termed. One rejoices in the far extending sea of the 

 rolling and luxuriant prairies ; others seek the rich moist 

 valleys of the fertilizing rivers ; and while some climb 

 the heights of the mountains, and revel in the clear, 

 celestial air, the strong rocky soil, and green springy 

 pastures of the highland vales, — others, like the great 

 statesman and farmer of Marshfield, — peace to his won- 

 derful ashes ! — belongs to the sublime yet desolate shores 

 of the melancholy and complaining ocean. One lan- 

 guishes away from the bracing breezes of our northern 

 sky, another sighs for the softer zephyrs and the richer 

 luxuriance of a southern paradise. And thus, in the soil 

 and atmosphere, that seems native to the soil, and which 

 is harmonious and attractive to the spirit, every man is 

 happy, and, without this, a something essential and fun- 

 damental is wanting to the enjoyment of life. And so, 

 every man that breathes has his own especial and native 

 calling, — an employment or business for which he has a 

 natural attraction — if he could only know always what it 

 was. One is naturally a merchant ; and, before his 

 father sent the eager boy to serve his time in the ware- 

 houses of the great city, he was always trading with his 

 playmates and schoolfellows, and made money out of 

 them. Another is a born mechanic, and, when he was 

 but a child, he filled the little brook, that ran by the 

 door, with cunning mill-wheels, whittled of pine, and 

 fastened with pins, prophetic of the great machines and 

 larger manufactories of his manhood. Another lives in 

 the sweet melodies and rich harmonies of music, and 

 travels over the world, charming the souls of men and 

 women every where with his song ; while still another 

 has the heavenly vision, and, from the far heights of the 

 ideal world, sends down sublime and living thoughts to 

 quicken the hearts of men every where, and to advance 



