Barn doors and byways . =L^X _ JSt»v» »•« »a^j-ji - VITHE HARBOR INCE man first went down to the sea inships, harbors have been his care, his pro-tection, his delight. Where lonely sea meetsbarren shore, where the land pushes out a leanfinger into the blue or buffets the breakers with agranite fist, the eye may rejoice and the spiritgrow lyrical. But it is the sheltered harbor,where the great ships come in to lay their sea-borne burdens at the citys feet, which is the realportal to the ocean road; and at that portalman finds most delight of the deep, because heseems there at once its mas
Barn doors and byways . =L^X _ JSt»v» »•« »a^j-ji - VITHE HARBOR INCE man first went down to the sea inships, harbors have been his care, his pro-tection, his delight. Where lonely sea meetsbarren shore, where the land pushes out a leanfinger into the blue or buffets the breakers with agranite fist, the eye may rejoice and the spiritgrow lyrical. But it is the sheltered harbor,where the great ships come in to lay their sea-borne burdens at the citys feet, which is the realportal to the ocean road; and at that portalman finds most delight of the deep, because heseems there at once its master and under the spellof its mystery. He sees his patient tugs at work, THE HARBOR 95 his long docks laden with freight, his city comingdown expectant to the waters edge; and he sees,too, the battered tramps steaming up from underthe world rim, the liners going out on their farvoyaging. He scents together the odor of thetown and the racy salt of the sea. He is awarealike of familiar things and strange. We ceasesoon enough to greet with fresh wonder the
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