Art Out-of-Doors 



sion of a bit of country soil is the develop- 

 ment of the love of home^ the suppression of 

 that restless desire for change which makes 

 of so many Americans possible tramps" 

 instead of established citizens. But a gen- 

 uine love for Nature may serve a person 

 pretty well in place of the actual ownership 

 of land ; for in whatever corner of the 

 country he may chance to live, he will see, 

 understand, and appreciate every part and 

 phase of its beauty, and thus, in a sense, 

 feel himself the owner of the whole region ; 

 and the oftener he visits it, the stronger and 

 more intimate will become his attachment, 

 his feeling of possession. Of course he will 

 not be without a keen desire to see as much 

 of the big world as possible, and to learn 

 how many kinds of beauty it can show. 

 But this desire w^ill not be the imperious 

 need for ^ ^ a change ' ' which is felt by less 

 fortunate souls; and often it will be so much 

 weaker than his wish to stay among the 

 things which he knows best that year after 

 year will pass and foreign lands, or even 

 neighboring country-sides, will tempt in 

 vain while he watches new clouds blow over 



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