. Wild life near home . to ourmeadows and woods. How irreparable the lossto our landscape is the extinction of the greatgolden eagle ! How much less of spirit, daring,courage, and life come to us since we no longermark the majestic creature soaring among theclouds, the monarch of the skies! A drearyworld it will be out of doors when we can hearno more the scream of the hawks, can nolonger find the tracks of the coon, nor followa fox to den. We can well afford to part witha turnip, a chicken, and even with a suit ofclothes, now and then, for the sake of this wildflavor to our fenced pastures an
. Wild life near home . to ourmeadows and woods. How irreparable the lossto our landscape is the extinction of the greatgolden eagle ! How much less of spirit, daring,courage, and life come to us since we no longermark the majestic creature soaring among theclouds, the monarch of the skies! A drearyworld it will be out of doors when we can hearno more the scream of the hawks, can nolonger find the tracks of the coon, nor followa fox to den. We can well afford to part witha turnip, a chicken, and even with a suit ofclothes, now and then, for the sake of this wildflavor to our fenced pastures and close-cutmeadows. I ought to have named the crow in the listdeserving protection. He steals. So did Fal-staff. But I should miss Falstaff had Shakspereleft him out; yet no more than I should missthe crow were he driven from the pines. Theyare both very human. Jim Crow is the humanestbird in feathers. The skunk I did include inthe list. It was not by mistake. The skunkhas a good and safe side to him, when we know[105].
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