Harvest scenes of the world . Westward the course of empire takes its way is as truetoday as it was in the eighteenth century when this watch-word was first given to the world. Today, civiHzation standson the edge of the wilderness; towns grow on the borders ofthe wild, the call of which is still heard. The charm of thewilderness will linger long, but it must be lost at last. Therush of empire will change the face of nature. There mustbe gain in it since it is destiny. W The base of existence isbread and butter, and this reconciles us to the loss of solitarylakes, to the passing of the continu
Harvest scenes of the world . Westward the course of empire takes its way is as truetoday as it was in the eighteenth century when this watch-word was first given to the world. Today, civiHzation standson the edge of the wilderness; towns grow on the borders ofthe wild, the call of which is still heard. The charm of thewilderness will linger long, but it must be lost at last. Therush of empire will change the face of nature. There mustbe gain in it since it is destiny. W The base of existence isbread and butter, and this reconciles us to the loss of solitarylakes, to the passing of the continuous woods with the charmof their remoteness and happy loneliness. Swarming popu-lation gets a chance to live. Farms are developed outof deer pastures, cities are built by the reedy lake,and all the machinery of our complex life gets intomotion, ffi In the last three quarters of a century,Canada has advanced from the reaping hookand cradle to the modern harvesting machine-from a wilderness to a great On the Border ofthe Wild
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