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management, and he was a very in- 
different farmer. 
If he knew the neighbourhood 
opinion he was not oppressed by it. 
His life was so entirely the unfold- 
ing of the inward spirit, his stand- 
ards were so far above local ideals, 
his manner of life was so individual, 
that without being self-centred he 
was independent of his surroundings ,• 
he was a rustic whose occupations 
were of the farm, but whose inter- 
ests were of the world. It is wise 
to know neighbourhood opinion 
and to regard it for correction, ad- 
monition, and reproof; but he who 
would possess his own soul must 
live outside his neighbourhood. It 
was precisely at this point that 
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