Two] SELECTING A HOME 
beauty and for comfort; nothing like a prairie for a 
farm. For my part, I shall have to live on a hill- 
side, or be miserable. I do not wish to see all crea- 
tion; but really a good share of it, in miniature, 
suits my present selfhood. I want a nesting place 
where the hills clap their hands for joy and say, “Be- 
‘hold what God hath made for man!” In such a 
place one can do a great deal for God, and for him- 
self. Look about and see how man has fitted into 
these glacier-carved valleys. Count the orchards 
that have displaced the forests; and see how the 
creeks are turning mills, and how everything else 
is waiting on the master, man. 
There are so many delightful spots; and we are 
going to have a home where the squirrels chatter, 
and the birds sing, and the beechnuts fall like hail. 
Spell that word HOME in big capitals; for it is only 
in the country that one can find the best home-mak- 
ing material. The brooks are tumbling out of the 
gorges and jumping down the declivities for us; 
bluebirds and robins are singing to welcome us; 
and the sun will spend its rays in creating for us 
golden harvests. There are so many beautiful 
homing spots unoccupied that one wishes he might 
live at once a dozen lives. I never drive along an 
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