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If he has no secretary he writes himself, and by time breakfast is announced twenty letters, all franked and sealed, are ready to be posted. "Now," he says, smiling benignantly down the long breakfast table of family and friends, "my day's work is done  I have nothing to do but fish." IF HE HAS NO SECRETARY HE WRITES HIMSELF AND BY TIME BREAKFAST IS ANNOUNCED TWENTY LETTERS ALL FRANKED AND SEALED ARE READY TO BE POSTED NOW HE SAYS SMILING BENIGNLY DOWN THE LONG BREAKFAST TABLE OF FAMILY AND FRIENDS MY DAY'S WORK IS DONE I HAVE NOTHING TO DO BUT FISH
imself is up at sunrise, for the sunrise is to him signal to new life. As he once wrote: "Among all our good people not one in a thousand sees the sun rise once a year. They know nothing of the morning. Their idea of it is that part of the day which comes along after a cup of coffee and a beefsteak or a piece of toast. With them morning is not a new issuing of light, a new bursting forth of the sun, a new waking up of all that has life from a sort of temporary death, to behold again the works of God, the heavens and the earth.... The first faint streak of light, the earliest purpling of the east which the lark springs up to greet, and the deeper and deeper coloring into orange and red, till at length the 'glorious sun is seen, regent of the day'--this they never enjoy, for they never see it." So four o'clock finds Webster up and dressed and bound for the little study in his garden (the only building spared by the fire which destroyed the house in 1878) and beginning his correspondence. OUND HE HIMSELF IS UP AT SUNRISE FOR THE SUNRISE IS TO HIM SIGNAL TO NEW LIFE AS HE ONCE WROTE AMONG ALL OUR GOOD PEOPLE NOT ONE IN A THOUSAND SEES THE SUNRISE ONCE A YEAR THEY KNOW NOTHING OF THE MORNING THEIR IDEA OF IT IS THAT PART OF THE DAY WHICH COMES ALONG AFTER A CUP OF COFFEE AND A BEEF STEAK OR A PIECE OF TOAST WITH THEM MORNING IS NOT A NEW ISSUING OF LIGHT A NEW BURSTING FORTH OF THE SUN A NEW WAKING UP OF ALL THAT HAS LIFE FROM A SORT OF TEMPORARY DEATH TO BEHOLD AGAIN THE WORKS OF GOD THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH THE FIRST FAINT STREAK OF LIGHT THE EARLIEST PURPLING OF THE EAST WHICH THE LARK SPRINGS UP TO GREET AND THE DEEPER AND DEEPER COLOURING INTO ORANGE AND RED TILL AT LENGTH THE GLORIOUS SUN IS SEEN REGENT OF THE DAY THIS THEY NEVER ENJOY FOR THEY NEVER SEE IT SO FOUR O'CLOCK FINDS WEBSTER UP AND DRESSED AND BOUND FOR THE LITTLE STUDY IN HIS GARDEN THE ONLY BUILDING SPARED BY THE FIRE WHICH DESTROYED THE HOUSE IN EIGHTEEN SEVENTY EIGHT AND BEGINNING HIS CORRESPONDENCE
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