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its perfect work, and in early May the viaes and 

 plants were set. Then followed the care and culti- 

 vation of them during the summer, and the pruning 

 and training of them the subsequent season, all of 

 which has been a delight to me. Indeed the new 

 vineyard has become almost a part of myself. I walk 

 through it with the most intimate and personal re- 

 gard for every vine. I know how they came there. 

 I owe them a debt of gratitude. They have done 

 more for me than a trip to Europe or to California 

 could have done. If it brings me no other returns, 

 the new lot already has proved one of the best in- 

 vestments I ever made in my life. 



Oh, the blessedness of motion, of a spur to ac- 

 tion, of a current in one's days, of something to 

 stimulate the will, to help reach a decision, to carry 

 down stream the waste an^ d^ris of one's life ! 

 Hardly a life anywhere so befouled or stagnant, but 

 it would clear and renew itself, if the currents were 

 set going by the proper kind and amount of honest 

 work! 



