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All natural laws are fascinating to him  inspiring his imagination and uplifting his spirit  and it is these things, never politics or business, which he discusses in his hours of freedom. ALL NATURAL LAWS ARE FASCINATING TO HIM INSPIRING HIS IMAGINATION AND UPLIFTING HIS SPIRIT AND IT IS THESE THINGS NEVER POLITICS OR BUSINESS WHICH HE DISCUSSES IN HIS HOURS OF FREEDOM
g or menhaden. He taught them the proper care of the soil, and the rotation of crops. This passionate love of the earth was an integral part of the man. As the force of his mind drew its power, not from mere rhetorical facility, but from fundamental principles, so his magnificent body, like that of the fabled Antæus, seemed to draw perennial potency from contact with the earth. To acquire land--he owned nearly eighteen hundred acres at the time of his death--and to cultivate it to the highest possible degree of productiveness was his intense delight. The farm which he purchased from Captain Thomas grew to an estate of two or three dozen buildings, outhouses, tenant houses, a dairyman's cottage, fisherman's house, agricultural offices, and several large barns. We can imagine that he shows us all of these things--explaining every detail with enthusiasm and accuracy, occasionally digressing upon the habits of birds or fish, the influence of tides and currents, the changes of sky and wind. PLENTIFUL SMALL HERRING OR MEN HATED HE TAUGHT THEM THE PROPER CARE OF THE SOIL AND THE ROTATION OF CROPS THIS PASSIONATE LOVE OF THE EARTH WAS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE MAN AS THE FORCE OF HIS MIND DREW ITS POWER NOT FROM MERE RHETORICAL FACILITY BUT FROM FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES SO HIS MAGNIFICENT BODY LIKE THAT OF THE FABLED ANTAEUS SEEMED TO DRAW PERENNIAL POTENCY FROM CONTACT WITH THE EARTH TO ACQUIRE LAND HE OWNED NEARLY EIGHTEEN HUNDRED ACRES AT THE TIME OF HIS DEATH AND TO CULTIVATE IT TO THE HIGHEST POSSIBLE DEGREE OF PRODUCTIVENESS WAS HIS INTENSE DELIGHT THE FARM WHICH HE PURCHASED FROM CAPTAIN THOMAS GREW TO AN ESTATE OF TWO OR THREE DOZEN BUILDINGS OUT HOUSES TENANT HOUSES A DAIRYMAN'S COTTAGE FISHERMAN'S HOUSE AGRICULTURAL OFFICES AND SEVERAL LARGE BARNS WE CAN IMAGINE THAT HE SHOWS US ALL OF THESE THINGS EXPLAINING EVERY DETAIL WITH ENTHUSIASM AND ACCURACY OCCASIONALLY DIGRESSING UPON THE HABITS OF BIRDS OR FISH THE INFLUENCE OF TIDES AND CURRENTS THE CHANGES OF SKY AND WIND
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