Italy from the Alps to Mount Etna . gave him movement and free will. I have placed thee in the centre of the world, saysthe Creator to Adam, in order that thou mightest look around thee and behold all thatit contains. I created thee a being neither heavenly nor earthly, neither wholly mortalnor wholly immortal, in order that thou mightest educate and conquer thyself. Thoumayest degenerate into a beast, or develope thyself into a godlike being. The brutes A A 2 iSo ITALY. bring with them from their mothers womb all that is needful for them; higher spirits arefrom the beginning that which they c
Italy from the Alps to Mount Etna . gave him movement and free will. I have placed thee in the centre of the world, saysthe Creator to Adam, in order that thou mightest look around thee and behold all thatit contains. I created thee a being neither heavenly nor earthly, neither wholly mortalnor wholly immortal, in order that thou mightest educate and conquer thyself. Thoumayest degenerate into a beast, or develope thyself into a godlike being. The brutes A A 2 iSo ITALY. bring with them from their mothers womb all that is needful for them; higher spirits arefrom the beginning that which they continue to be throughout eternity. Thou alone hasta power of development and growth according to thy free will, thou hast within thee theQ^erms of a manifold existence. From Fiesole there is a most striking distant view, especially towards the our feet lies the city, shut in by hills of varied outline ; and beyond it you see far andwide over the land, over pine woods, fruit orchards, arable fields, and ancient towns rising. SAN MINIATO AL MONTE. from rocky eminences. Long drawn lines of mountains stretch out far, far away in thedistance, looking misty and unreal as they recede, and above them the clouds of heavensail peacefully. An hour beyond Fiesole lies a favourite point for excursions, the Park of Pratolino,which combines the advantages of fine woods with pure mountain air. Here amidstnoble oak trees crouches the colossal figure of the Apennine, built up with stone andmortar after the design of Giovanni Bologna. This giant has a beard seven yards long! But what traveller has ever exhausted all the beauties of the Florentine Campagna ?As we penetrate into the folds of the hills, which seem absolutely secluded from theworld, we find ever new beauty, and delicious peacefulness. Here are gardens on everyhand; flowering rose-bushes peep over the high walls, oleanders and pomegranates glowin their rich bloom beside stately villas, pine woods crown the higher summits of t
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