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It was the morning of the Fourth of July; and the sounds of the booming cannon and the pealing bells, which the westerly breeze bore up the lake, reminded him of the gratitude he owed to God for the political, social, and religious privileges which had been bequeathed to the country by the fathers of the Revolution. IT WAS THE MORNING OF THE FOURTH OF JULY AND THE SOUNDS OF BOOMING CANNON AND THE PEALING BELLS WHICH THE WESTERLY BREEZE BORE UP THE LAKE REMINDED HIM OF THE GRATITUDE HE OWED TO GOD FOR THE POLITICAL SOCIAL AND RELIGIOUS PRIVILEGES WHICH HAD BEEN BEQUEATHED TO THE COUNTRY BY THE FATHERS OF THE REVOLUTION
 he had spent a great deal of time and money in bringing Art into communion with Nature in this lovely retreat. He had cleared out the underbrush, made gravel walks and avenues through it, erected a summer-house in the valley, and an observatory on the summit of the hill, which terminated on the lake side in a steep rocky precipice, at whose base the waters rippled. The worthy shipmaster was a devout man, which was perhaps the reason why he so much enjoyed his morning walk. It was the pleasantest hour of all the day to him,--a fit time for meditation, and for the contemplation of the beautiful scenery that surrounded his habitation. The trees looked greener and the lake more limpid then, when his mind was invigorated by the peaceful slumbers of the preceding night; and there, in his favorite retreat, while all nature was smiling upon him, went up his morning prayer to that beneficent Being who had spared him yet another day, and crowned his life with loving-kindness and tender mercies.  A FAVORITE SPOT AND HE HAD SPENT A GREAT DEAL OF TIME AND MONEY IN BRINGING ART INTO COMMUNION WITH NATURE IN THIS LOVELY RETREAT HE HAD CLEARED OUT THE UNDERBRUSH MADE GRAVEL WALKS AND AVENUES THROUGH IT ERECTED A SUMMER HOUSE IN THE VALLEY AND AN OBSERVATORY ON THE SUMMIT OF THE HILL WHICH TERMINATED ON THE LAKE SIDE IN A STEEP ROCKY PRECIPICE AT WHOSE BASE THE WATERS RIPPLED THE WORTHY SHIPMASTER WAS A DEVOUT MAN WHICH WAS PERHAPS THE REASON WHY HE SO MUCH ENJOYED HIS MORNING WALK IT WAS THE PLEASANTEST HOUR OF ALL THE DAY TO HIM A FIT TIME FOR MEDITATION AND FOR THE CONTEMPLATION OF THE BEAUTIFUL SCENERY THAT SURROUNDED HIS HABITATION THE TREES LOOKED GREENER AND THE LAKE MORE LIMPID THAN WHEN HIS MIND WAS INVIGORATED BY THE PEACEFUL SLUMBERS OF THE PRECEDING NIGHT AND THERE IN HIS FAVORITE RETREAT WHILE ALL NATURE WAS SMILING UPON HIM WENT UP HIS MORNING PRAYER TO THAT BENEFICENT BEING WHO HAD SPARED HIM YET ANOTHER DAY AND CROWNED HIS LIFE WITH LOVING KINDNESS AND TENDER MERCIES
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