. The country home. s, which they keep trimmed intosolid cones, such as a good mechanic might turnout of wood and paint green and set in rows acrossthe lawn. Finally, two weeping willows are set infront of the house, expressive of natures grief oversuch ludicrous notions of the beautiful. The onlysalvation of such a place is that, by and by, neglectwill kill out four-fifths of the trees, and the rest,being left out of line, make a tolerable lawn. Learn,first of all, that nature abhors conventionalism;never repeats herself; does not inquire what folkswill say; gets in love with beauty and truth
. The country home. s, which they keep trimmed intosolid cones, such as a good mechanic might turnout of wood and paint green and set in rows acrossthe lawn. Finally, two weeping willows are set infront of the house, expressive of natures grief oversuch ludicrous notions of the beautiful. The onlysalvation of such a place is that, by and by, neglectwill kill out four-fifths of the trees, and the rest,being left out of line, make a tolerable lawn. Learn,first of all, that nature abhors conventionalism;never repeats herself; does not inquire what folkswill say; gets in love with beauty and truth, andthen plants her nooks and corners for no otherreason in the world than that she loves the beauti-ful and the true. Those who have not been bomagain to see the world about them, who really haveno acquaintances among the trees, no friendsamong the birds, constitute a class by will not say that they are degenerate, but theycertainly are incapacitated for comprehendingOut of Doors. [366] W— ^ \\: •. SIXTEEN] NOOKS AND CORNERS I have spoken plainly, but none too strongly,about the average house. It is the ugliest thing ina country landscape. It has rarely a line of beautyor of peace, or a suggestion of rest, inside or out-side of it. It is just a barn for human folk. It isnot quite as healthy as the animal barn, and notgenerally as pretty. Your house should be a partof the property — that is, of all the acres that youoccupy. Your residence should be the whole ofyour property. This sort of home we shall have byand by. What I mean to say is that we must learnto get out of doors, and stay out most of the time —to work outside, play outside, eat outside, sleep out-side. Form your sympathies with nature; talk gar-den, think flower and fruit; study bugs and butter-flies; then lie down on the sweet sod, under yourblossoming apple trees, and let your soul sing: OurFather, Who art in the Heavens! and in the appleblossoms! and in the roses, too! Thy name behallowed!
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