The propel' Feelings icith ichiek to see Nature. 



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beauty, which, after all, exists only in each beholder's mind. 

 No two people see the same thing, and no person ever sees it 

 t\\'ice. But, I believe, we may all gain some idea of the glory 

 which each season brings — some glimpses of the heaven of 

 beauty which ever surrounds us — if we will seek for them 

 patiently and reverently. They cannot with some be learnt 

 at once, but, in degrees, are attainable by all ; but they are 

 attainable only upon this one condition, — that we go to Nature 

 with a docile, loving spirit, without which nothing can be learnt. 

 If we go with any other feeling, we had much better stay in a 

 town amidst the congenial smoke, than profane Nature with the 

 pride of ignorance and the insolence of condescension. 



The Charcoal Burner's Path, Winding Shoot 



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