PROEM 



It seems to be almost a sixth sense, this aliveness to 

 Nature's secrets, this keenness of vision, this superhu- 

 man delicacy of hearing and scent. Primitive man 

 had it; it belonged to us, but alas! we have bartered 

 our birthright for a mess of pottage. 



Let us seek it anew patiently, lovingly, in God's 

 glorious Out-of-Doors. Here our half-dormant 

 faculties shall regain their normal functions, we shall 

 come into our own again, and at last we shall wholly 

 live. 



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