Hay Days and Meadow Larks 



has just as much stake in the rustling 

 of the night wind in the tree tops, in 

 the trickle of the raindrops from the 

 roof, as the president of the Steel 

 Corporation. 



True, you can neither sell, eat nor 

 wear sun rays, stars, west winds nor 

 showers, but you can feed your soul, 

 if you have any, once in a while, as 

 well as your stomach. You can satisfy 

 your mind, if it is properly organized, 

 as well as your body. You can clothe 

 your thoughts in beauty now and then 

 — if you only try — as well as your back 

 with fine apparel. If you have not 

 the will nor the power to get all you 

 fairly can out of your environment, 

 you are to be pitied; that's all. 



Almost anyone can find a few spare 

 hours for books, and he who cares can 

 get enough out of the most elementary 

 works on botany, zoology, astronomy, 

 geology, entomology or ornithology to 

 enable him to extract enjoyment out 

 of any plant that grows, any beast 



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