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the world. For nothing is ever done well — no calling, 

 profession or employment is ever prosperous or success- 

 ful, without a man's w^hole heart is in it ; — without he 

 goes into it, as the Italians say, ' con amore^' — from the 

 love of it. This, indeed, is the grand secret of all great 

 noble success on the farm or elsewhere. Whatever a man 

 loves to do, that he does with life, earnestness and zeal. 

 On the contrary, whatever is distasteful to him he will 

 engage in with indifference, and that which is done with 

 true zeal and earnestness is alone done thoroughly and 

 well. With what ardor and enthusiasm does the true 

 farmer enter into his various plans for improvement ; 

 with what zeal does he approach and go through his va- 

 rious labors ; — labors that with him are but play, and 

 have all the fascination and enchantment of pleasure in 

 them. And how he delights and revels in his fertile and 

 prolific acres — what order, what neatness, what verdure, 

 what rich luxuriance of growth almost magical is there ! 

 What bounteous harvests, what plentiful and magnificent 

 fruits, what glorious and remunerative results do you see 

 around you, of his earnest, joyful labors ! For such a 

 man has his heart on his work and loves it. Men who 

 take up any employment or profession, as I fear too many 

 of those do who happen to be born and live on a farm 

 through accident, or convenience, or for the sake of get- 

 ting a living, without any special predilection for it, any 

 particular interest in it, and thus without any peculiar 

 fitness for such employment, are not only never at ease 

 or happy in it but seldom, if ever, are really success- 

 ful. For it is only this inclination, interest and love for 

 any pursuit or calling that gives an especial fitness for 

 such calling. It is the heart in it, that makes the mind 

 clear, earnest and active, and that inspires the busy 

 hands and cunning fingers with skill and quickness in the 

 chosen work. And it is this native fitness alone, that 



