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working out any little hereditary ailments, would 

 never forget the charms of the country, which 

 would impart to them a flow of spirits through 

 life such as very few, or none, brought up in a 

 town, ever know, and, besides this, lay in a strong 

 frame-work on which to build a nervous constitu- 

 tion, befitting the habitation of an energetic mind 

 and a great soul. Let any one look at the contrast 

 between men thus brought up, and the generality 

 of early-matured Lilliputian plants, and he will 

 soon see, with very few exceptions, the difference, 

 both in body and mind, between them. 



