Green fields and whispering woods; or, The recreations of an American "country gentleman"; embracing journeys over his farm and excursions into his library . lOTTOEg FOR CHAPTER IXII. ^n a^e feyraijnically regulated -with reference to fel^emarjufacturer, the mercharjii, tl^e finar|cier, thje politiciar),©r)d the dayw^opkmar). Walt Whitman; On Death of Longfellow. Teach tl-|y tongue to say, I do r)ot kr)ow, The Talmud. 393. CHAPTER XXIX. N reflection, I deem I owe thereader an apology for the cavaliermanner in which, in a foregoingchapter, I allowed myself to referto the romantic literature of
Green fields and whispering woods; or, The recreations of an American "country gentleman"; embracing journeys over his farm and excursions into his library . lOTTOEg FOR CHAPTER IXII. ^n a^e feyraijnically regulated -with reference to fel^emarjufacturer, the mercharjii, tl^e finar|cier, thje politiciar),©r)d the dayw^opkmar). Walt Whitman; On Death of Longfellow. Teach tl-|y tongue to say, I do r)ot kr)ow, The Talmud. 393. CHAPTER XXIX. N reflection, I deem I owe thereader an apology for the cavaliermanner in which, in a foregoingchapter, I allowed myself to referto the romantic literature of theEnglish and other tongues. I donot desire to lay myself openeither to the charge of being avandal, or of wanting taste. Iwill acknowledge, however, thatI am feeling the effects of age, andof the hardening influence of bus-iness cares, of politics, of courts,of modern society ! I can recall aseason when fable and romance,dressed with the pleasant andpiquant sauces of poetical diction,were all my mental was I a dreamer, — an innocent, ignorant, uselessdreamer,— like the rest of the moon-stricken race. That sort of merchandise has no fixed and definite valuein the markets of this age and nation; and the soft-handed,soft-hearted, and soft-headed youth of this school, who findshimself floundering in the crowd which is engaged in the ter-ribly-in-earnest struggle for life which is on-going all about,w
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