Autumn leaves . ing-places and the like, thatthey soon cease to mind it. The effect vA\\q\\ placehas on persons brings to mind a homely compari-son ; and as it really resembles the operation thatrennet has on milk, souring, and resolving it intosubstances of very unlike qualities and appearance,we see no reason why the likeness, though vulgar,shall not be noticed. This deterioration of character in persons ap-proaching the city from rural scenes of more equaland sociable intercourse has in some respects a par-allel in the mountain stream. Issuing from loftyrecesses, the water at first is delig
Autumn leaves . ing-places and the like, thatthey soon cease to mind it. The effect vA\\q\\ placehas on persons brings to mind a homely compari-son ; and as it really resembles the operation thatrennet has on milk, souring, and resolving it intosubstances of very unlike qualities and appearance,we see no reason why the likeness, though vulgar,shall not be noticed. This deterioration of character in persons ap-proaching the city from rural scenes of more equaland sociable intercourse has in some respects a par-allel in the mountain stream. Issuing from loftyrecesses, the water at first is delightfully soft andpure. Soon it becomes a river from little tributary INFLUENCE OF PLACE ON CHARACTER. 49 accretions along its banks, continuing to be markedby the same qualities, till it nears the ocean. Thenit gradually acquires the impurities of a dense pop-ulation, and the hard brackish character of themighty reservoir of waters, and at last mingles withits waves, and loses its sweetness and softness
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