The Bean-Field
n
Note: The title “Beans" appears in pencil at the top
of the leaf containing Bean-Field 1.
MEANWHILE my beans,
whose continuous length of rows
whose continuous length of rows
whose continuous length of rows
whose continuous length of rows
whose continuous length of rows
whose continuous length of rows
the length of whose rows added together
the length of whose rows, added together,
the length of whose rows, added together,
was seven miles already planted,
were impatient to be hoed,
indeed not easy to be put off
indeed not easy to be put off
indeed not easy to be put off
indeed not easy to be put off
indeed not easy to be put off
for the earliest had grown considerably before the latest were
in the ground; indeed they were not easy to be put off
for the earliest had grown considerably before the latest were in the ground;
indeed they were not easily to be put off.
for the earliest had grown considerably before the latest were in the ground;
indeed they were not easily to be put off.
What was the meaning of this so steady and self-respecting,
this small Herculean
this small Herculean
this small Herculean
this small Herculean
this small Herculean
this small Herculean
this small Herculean
this small Herculean
labor,
I knew not. I
came to love my rows, my beans,
though
though
though
so many more than I
want
wanted
wanted.
wanted.
wanted.
wanted.
wanted.
wanted.
wanted.
They attached me to the earth & so I got
health & strength like Antaeus. But
They attached me to the earth, and so I got strength like Antæus. But
They attached me to the earth, and so I got strength like Antæus. But
They attached me to the earth, and so I got strength like Antæus. But
They attached me to the earth, and so I got strength like Antæus. But
They attached me to the earth, and so I got strength like Antæus. But
They attached me to the earth, and so I got strength like Antæus. But
They attached me to the earth, and so I got strength like Antæus. But
why should I raise them?
This had been my curious labor all summer—why—only heaven knows
This had been my curious labor all summer—why—only heaven knows
This had been my curious labor all summer—why—only heaven knows
This had been my curious labor all summer—why—only heaven knows
This had been my curious labor all summer—why—only heaven knows
Only Heaven knows This was my curious labor all
summer, why, only Heaven knows
Only Heaven knows. This was my curious labor all summer,
Only Heaven knows. This was my curious labor all summer,
—to make this portion of the earth’s surface, which had yielded only
blackberries and johnswort and cinqfoil
cinquefoil, blackberries, johnswort, and the like,
cinquefoil, blackberries, johnswort, and the like,
cinquefoil, blackberries, johnswort, and the like,
cinquefoil, blackberries, johnswort, and the like,
cinquefoil, blackberries, johnswort, and the like,
cinquefoil, blackberries, johnswort, and the like,
cinquefoil, blackberries, johnswort, and the like,
before,
before,
before,
sweet wild fruits and pleasant flowers, produce instead this pulse.
What shall I learn of beans or
beans of me? I cherish them, I hoe them, early and late I have an eye to them; and
this is my day’s work. It is a fine broad leaf to look
upon
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
. My auxiliaries are the dews and rains
to
which
which
which
which
which
which
which
water this dry soil, and what fertility is in the soil itself, which for the
most part is lean and effete. My enemies are worms, cool days, and most of all
woodchucks.
They
The last
The last
The last
The last
The last
The last
The last
have nibbled for me a quarter of an acre clean. But what right had I to oust
johnswort and the rest, and break up their ancient herb garden?
But soon
Soon, however
Soon, however
Soon, however
Soon, however
Soon, however
Soon, however
Soon, however
, the remaining beans will be too tough for them, and go
on
forward
forward
forward
forward
forward
forward
forward
forward
to meet new foes.
24 years ago
When I was 4 years old I was brought from
the city
Boston to this very pond—away in that country which was then but another name for
the extended universe to me through this very field—so much further
into the world I had but recently entered
When I was four years old, as I well remember, I was brought from Boston to this
my native town,
through these very woods and this field, to the pond.
When I was four years old, as I well remember, I was brought from Boston to this
my native town,
through these very woods and this field, to the pond.
When I was four years old, as I well remember, I was brought from Boston to this
my native town,
through these very woods and this field, to the pond.
When I was four years old, as I well remember, I was brought from Boston to this
my native town,
through these very woods and this field, to the pond.
When I was four years old, as I well remember, I was brought from Boston to this
my native town,
through these very woods and this field, to the pond.
When I was four years old, as I well remember, I was brought from Boston to this
my native town,
through these very woods and this field, to the pond.
When I was four years old, as I well remember, I was brought from Boston to this
my native town,
through these very woods and this field, to the pond.
It is one of the
most ancient
oldest
oldest
oldest
oldest
oldest
oldest
oldest
scenes stamped on my memory.
That woodland vision for a long time occupied my dreams.
The country then was the world—the city only a gate to it
I gave the preference to this recess among the pines,
where almost sunshine and shadow were the only inhabitants that varied the
scene, over the tumultuous and varied city, as if here were my proper
nursery. And
to this recess among the pines, where sunshine and shadow were almost the
only inhabitants that varied the scene, over the tumultuous and varied city,
as if here were my proper nursery. And
And
And
And
And
And
And
now to-night my flute
has waked the echoes over
the
that
that
that
that
that
that
that
that
very water.
Hardly One generation of pines has fallen and
Hardly one generation of pines has fallen, and
The pines still stand here older than I; or, if some have fallen,
The pines still stand here older than I; or, if some have fallen,
The pines still stand here older than I; or, if some have fallen,
The pines still stand here older than I; or, if some have fallen,
The pines still stand here older than I; or, if some have fallen,
The pines still stand here older than I; or, if some have fallen,
I have cooked my supper with their stumps, and a new growth
of oaks and pines is rising all around the brim of the pond to greet other infants’
eyes
preparing a wilder aspect for new infant eyes
of oaks and pines is rising all around the rim of the
pond preparing a wilder
another aspect for new infant eyes
is rising all around, preparing another aspect for new infant eyes.
is rising all around, preparing another aspect for new infant eyes.
is rising all around, preparing another aspect for new infant eyes.
is rising all around, preparing another aspect for new infant eyes.
is rising all around, preparing another aspect for new infant eyes.
is rising all around, preparing another aspect for new infant eyes.
Almost the same johnswort springs from the same perennial root in this
pasture,
and
and
and
and
and
and
and
and
even I have at length helped to clothe that fabulous landscape of my
infant
youthful
infant
infant
infant
infant
infant
infant
infant
dreams, and
the
one result
one of the results
one of the results
one of the results
one of the results
one of the results
one of the results
one of the results
of my presence and influence is seen in these bean leaves, corn blades, and
potato vines.
I planted about two acres and a half of upland; and as it was only about
fifteen years since the land was cleared, and I myself had got out two or three cords
of stumps, I did not give it any manure; but in the course of the summer it appeared
by the arrowheads
which I
turned up in hoeing, that an extinct nation had anciently dwelt here and planted corn
and beans ere white men came to
cut and clear
cut and clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
the land, and so, to some extent, had exhausted the soil for this very
crop. However, as it had lain fallow so long I got a good crop
crop. However, as it had lain fallow so long I got a good
crop
crop.
crop.
crop.
crop.
crop.
crop.
Before yet any woodchuck or
squirrel had run across the road, or the sun had got above the shrub-oaks, while all
the dew was on, though the farmers
said that would never do
said that would never do
warned me against it & by the way but I
would advise you to do all your work if possible while the dew is on
warned me against it, —I would advise you to do all your work if possible while the dew is on,
warned me against it, —I would advise you to do all your work if possible while the dew is on,
warned me against it, —I would advise you to do all your work if possible while the dew is on,
warned me against it, —I would advise you to do all your work if possible while the dew is on,
warned me against it, —I would advise you to do all your work if possible while the dew is on,
warned me against it, —I would advise you to do all your work if possible while the dew is on,
—I began to level the ranks of haughty weeds in my bean-field and throw dust
upon their heads.
Early in
the morning I worked barefooted, dabbling like a plastic artist in the dewy and
crumbling sand, but later in the day the sun blistered my feet. There the sun lighted
me to hoe beans, pacing slowly backward and forward over that yellow gravelly upland,
between the long green rows, fifteen rods, the one end terminating in a shrub oak
copse where I could rest in the shade, the other in a blackberry field where the
green berries deepened their tints by the time I had made another bout. Removing the
weeds, putting fresh soil about the bean stems, and encouraging this weed
which
which
which
which
which
which
which
I had sown, making the yellow soil express its summer thought in bean leaves
and blossoms rather than in wormwood and piper and millet grass,
making the earth say beans instead of grass,
making the earth say beans instead of grass,
making the earth say beans instead of grass,
making the earth say beans instead of grass,
making the earth say beans instead of grass,
making the earth say beans instead of grass,
making the earth say beans instead of grass,
—this was my
daily
daily
daily
daily
daily
daily
daily
daily
work. As I had little aid from horses or cattle, or hired men or boys, or
improved implements
in
of
of
of
of
of
of
of
of
husbandry, I was much slower, and became much more intimate with my beans than
is usual
usual.
usual.
usual.
usual.
usual.
usual.
usual.
But labor of the hands, even
when pursued to the verge of drudgery, is
perhaps
perhaps
perhaps
perhaps
perhaps
perhaps
perhaps
perhaps
never the worst form of idleness. It has a constant and imperishable
moral—&
moral, and
moral, and
moral, and
moral, and
moral, and
moral, and
moral, and
to the scholar it yields a classic
result to the literary it is literary & it is oftenest
very often honest & honorable
result.
result.
result.
result.
result.
result.
result.
A very
agricola laboriosus
was I to travellers bound
westward through Lincoln and Wayland
to nobody knows where; they sitting at their ease in gigs,
with elbows on knees, and
reins loosely hanging in festoons; I the home-staying, laborious native of the
soil.
And
But
But
But
But
But
But
But
But
soon my homestead was out of their sight and thought. It was the only open and
cultivated field for
some
a great
a great
a great
a great
a great
a great
a great
distance on either side
of the road;
of the road;
of the road;
of the road;
of the road;
of the road;
of the road;
of the road;
so they made the most of it; and sometimes the man in the field heard more
than was meant for his ear of travellers’ gossip and
comment
of travellers' gossip and comment than was meant for his ear:
of travellers' gossip and comment than was meant for his ear:
of travellers' gossip and comment than was meant for his ear:
of travellers' gossip and comment than was meant for his ear:
of travellers' gossip and comment than was meant for his ear:
of travellers' gossip and comment than was meant for his ear:
of travellers' gossip and comment than was meant for his ear:
“Beans so late! peas so late!"—for I continued to plant when others had begun
to hoe,—the ministerial husbandman
had not suspected it. “Corn, my boy, for fodder; corn for
fodder."By the way, I have heard it said that the clergymen
are as a class the best gardeners, in N. E., better gardeners than shepherds
possibly
fodder."
fodder."
fodder."
fodder."
fodder."
fodder."
fodder."
“Does he
there?" asks the black bonnet of
the gray coat; and the hard-featured farmer reins up his grateful dobbin
to
know what he is
inquire what you are
inquire what you are
inquire what you are
inquire what you are
inquire what you are
inquire what you are
inquire what you are
doing where he sees no manure in the furrow, and recommends a little chip
dirt,
or any little waste
stuff,
or it may be
or it may be
or it may be
or it may be
or it may be
or it may be
or it may be
or it may be
ashes or plaster. But here were two acres and a half of furrows, and only a
hoe for cart and two hands to draw it,—
there being an antipathy to other carts and horses
there being an aversion to other carts and horses,
there being an aversion to other carts and horses,
there being an aversion to other carts and horses,
there being an aversion to other carts and horses,
there being an aversion to other carts and horses,
there being an aversion to other carts and horses,
there being an aversion to other carts and horses,
—and chip dirt far away. Fellow-travellers as they rattled by compared it aloud
with the fields
which
which
which
which
which
which
which
which
they had passed, so that I came to know how I stood in the agricultural world.
This was one field not in Mr. Colman’s report. And, by the way, who estimates the
value of the crop which Nature yields in the
still wilder
still wilder
still wilder
still wilder
still wilder
still wilder
still wilder
still wilder
fields unimproved by man? The crop of
English
hay
is carefully weighed,
the moisture calculated, the silicates and the potash; but in all dells and pond
holes in the woods and pastures and swamps grows a rich and various crop only
ungathered and unimproved
unreaped
unreaped
unreaped
unreaped
unreaped
unreaped
unreaped
unreaped
by man. Mine was, as it were, the connecting link between wild and cultivated
fields; as some states are civilized, and others half-civilized, and others savage
or
barbarous, so
mine
my field
my field
my field
my field
my field
my field
my field
my field
was, though not in a bad sense, a half-cultivated field. They were beans
cheerfully returning to their wild and primitive state that I cultivated,
while
and
and
and
and
and
and
and
and
my hoe played the
Ranz des Vaches
for them.
Near at hand, upon the topmost spray of a birch, sings the brown-thrasher—or
red mavis, as some love to call
it
him
him
him
him
him
him
him
him
—all the morning, glad of your society, that would find out another farmer’s
field if
you were notthere.
here
yours were not here.
yours were not here.
yours were not here.
yours were not here.
yours were not here.
yours were not here.
yours were not here.
While you are planting the seed, he cries,—“Drop it, drop it,—cover it up,
cover it up,—pull it up, pull it up, pull it up." But this was not corn, and so it
was safe from such enemies as he. You may wonder what his rigmarole, his amateur
Paganini
performances on one
string or on twenty, have to do with your planting, and yet prefer it to leached
ashes or plaster.
It was a cheap sort of top dressing in which I had entire
faith. And I am not sure that the beans didn’t grow the better for it.
It was a cheap sort of top dressing in which I had entire faith.
It was a cheap sort of top dressing in which I had entire faith.
It was a cheap sort of top dressing in which I had entire faith.
It was a cheap sort of top dressing in which I had entire faith.
It was a cheap sort of top dressing in which I had entire faith.
It was a cheap sort of top dressing in which I had entire faith.
It was a cheap sort of top dressing in which I had entire faith.
As I drew a still fresher soil about
my
the
the
the
the
the
the
the
the
rows with my hoe, I disturbed
as I have said the ashes of unrecorded
unchronicled
the ashes of unchronicled
the ashes of unchronicled
the ashes of unchronicled
the ashes of unchronicled
the ashes of unchronicled
the ashes of unchronicled
the ashes of unchronicled
nations who in primeval years lived under these heavens, and their small
implements of war and hunting were brought to the light of this modern day. They
lay mingled with other natural stones, some of which bore the marks of having been
burned by
the Indian fires, and some had only been burned by the
sun and also with
in company with
alone
and also
Indian fires, and some by the sun, and also
Indian fires, and some by the sun, and also
Indian fires, and some by the sun, and also
Indian fires, and some by the sun, and also
Indian fires, and some by the sun, and also
Indian fires, and some by the sun, and also
Indian fires, and some by the sun, and also
bits of pottery and glass brought
hither
hither
hither
hither
hither
hither
hither
hither
by the recent cultivators of the soil. When my hoe tinkled against the
stones in my bean-field
stones in my bean-field
stones,
stones,
stones,
stones,
stones,
stones,
that music
echoed to the woods and the sky, and
echoed to the woods and the sky, and
echoed to the woods and the sky, and
echoed to the woods and the sky, and
echoed to the woods and the sky, and
echoed to the woods and the sky, and
echoed to the woods and the sky, and
echoed to the woods and the sky, and
was an accompaniment to my labor which yielded an instant and immeasurable
crop.
It was no longer beans that I hoed, nor I that hoed beans;
It was no longer beans that I hoed, nor I that hoed beans;
It was no longer beans that I hoed, nor I that hoed beans;
It was no longer beans that I hoed, nor I that hoed beans;
It was no longer beans that I hoed, nor I that hoed beans;
It was no longer beans that I hoed, nor I that hoed beans;
It was no longer beans that I hoed, nor I that hoed beans;
It was no longer beans that I hoed, nor I that hoed beans;
and I remembered with
pity
pity, if I remembered at all
as much pity as pride, if I remembered at all,
as much pity as pride, if I remembered at all,
as much pity as pride, if I remembered at all,
as much pity as pride, if I remembered at all,
as much pity as pride, if I remembered at all,
as much pity as pride, if I remembered at all,
my acquaintances who had gone to the city to attend the oratorios. The
night-hawk
circled
overhead in the sunny afternoons—
for I sometimes made a day of it
for I sometimes made a day of it
for I sometimes made a day of it
for I sometimes made a day of it
for I sometimes made a day of it
for I sometimes made a day of it
for I sometimes made a day of it
for I sometimes made a day of it
—like a mote in the eye,
or in heaven’s eye, falling from time to time with a swoop
and a sound as if the heavens were rent, torn at last to very rags and tatters,
and yet a seamless cope
remains
remains
remained;
remained;
remained;
remained;
remained;
remained;
small imps that fill the air and lay their eggs on the ground on bare
sand or
sand or
sand or
sand or
sand or
sand or
sand or
rocks on the tops of
bare hills
bare hills
hills,
hills,
hills,
hills,
hills,
hills,
where few have found them; graceful and slender like ripples caught up from
the pond, as leaves are raised by the wind to float in the heavens; such
kindredship is in Nature. The hawk is aerial brother of the wave which he sails
over and surveys, those his perfect air-inflated wings answering to the elemental
unfledged pinions of the sea.
Or
when I rested in the shrub-oaks
sometimes
sometimes
sometimes
sometimes
sometimes
sometimes
sometimes
I watched a pair of hen-hawks
circling high in the sky, alternately soaring and
descending, approaching, and leaving one another, as if they were the imbodiment
of my own
thoughts which soar as high & circle as majestically
there
thoughts.
thoughts.
thoughts.
thoughts.
thoughts.
thoughts.
thoughts.
Sometimes
Sometimes
Or
Or
Or
Or
Or
Or
Or
I was attracted by the passage of wild pigeons from this wood to that, with
their slight tantivy
a slight quivering sound
a slight quivering winnowing
sound
a slight quivering winnowing sound
a slight quivering winnowing sound
a slight quivering winnowing sound
a slight quivering winnowing sound
a slight quivering winnowing sound
a slight quivering winnowing sound
and carrier haste; or from under a rotten stump my hoe turned up a sluggish
portentous and outlandish spotted salamander,
a trace of Egypt and the Nile, yet our contemporary.
When I paused to lean on my hoe, these
sights & sounds I saw and heard
sounds & sights I heard and saw
sounds and sights I heard and saw
sounds and sights I heard and saw
sounds and sights I heard and saw
sounds and sights I heard and saw
sounds and sights I heard and saw
sounds and sights I heard and saw
sounds and sights I heard and saw
any where in the row,
a part of
a part of
a part of
a part of
a part of
a part of
a part of
the inexhaustible entertainment which the country offers.
On gala days the town fires its great guns, which echo like popguns to these
woods, and
the waifs and loose strains
some waifs
some waifs
some waifs
some waifs
some waifs
some waifs
some waifs
of martial music occasionally penetrate thus far. To me, away there in my
bean-field at the other end of the town, the big guns sounded as if a puff ball
had burst; and when there
was a military turnout of which I was ignorant, I have sometimes had a vague sense
all the day of some sort of itching and disease in the horizon, as if some eruption
would break out there soon, either scarlatina
or canker-rash,
until at length some more favorable puff of wind, making
haste over the fields and up the Wayland road, brought me information of the
“trainers."
It seemed by the distant hum as if somebody’s bees had swarmed, and that the neighbors,
according to Virgil’s advice, by a faint tintinnabulum
upon the most sonorous of their domestic utensils, were endeavoring to
call them down into the hive again. And when the sound died quite away, and the hum had
ceased, and the most favorable breezes told no tale, I knew that they had got
the last drone of them all safely into the Middlesex hive, and that now their
minds were bent on the honey with which it was smeared.
It seemed by the distant hum as if somebody’s bees had swarmed, and that the neighbors,
according to Virgil’s advice, by a faint tintinnabulum
upon the most sonorous of their domestic utensils, were endeavoring to
call them down into the hive again. And when the sound died quite away, and the hum had
ceased, and the most favorable breezes told no tale, I knew that they had got
the last drone of them all safely into the Middlesex hive, and that now their
minds were bent on the honey with which it was smeared.
It seemed by the distant hum as if somebody’s bees had swarmed, and that the neighbors,
according to Virgil’s advice, by a faint tintinnabulum
upon the most sonorous of their domestic utensils, were endeavoring to
call them down into the hive again. And when the sound died quite away, and the hum had
ceased, and the most favorable breezes told no tale, I knew that they had got
the last drone of them all safely into the Middlesex hive, and that now their
minds were bent on the honey with which it was smeared.
It seemed by the distant hum as if somebody’s bees had swarmed, and that the neighbors,
according to Virgil’s advice, by a faint tintinnabulum
upon the most sonorous of their domestic utensils, were endeavoring to
call them down into the hive again. And when the sound died quite away, and the hum had
ceased, and the most favorable breezes told no tale, I knew that they had got
the last drone of them all safely into the Middlesex hive, and that now their
minds were bent on the honey with which it was smeared.
It seemed by the distant hum as if somebody’s bees had swarmed, and that the neighbors,
according to Virgil’s advice, by a faint tintinnabulum
upon the most sonorous of their domestic utensils, were endeavoring to
call them down into the hive again. And when the sound died quite away, and the hum had
ceased, and the most favorable breezes told no tale, I knew that they had got
the last drone of them all safely into the Middlesex hive, and that now their
minds were bent on the honey with which it was smeared.
It seemed by the distant hum as if somebody’s bees had swarmed, and that the neighbors,
according to Virgil’s advice, by a faint tintinnabulum
upon the most sonorous of their domestic utensils, were endeavoring to
call them down into the hive again. And when the sound died quite away, and the hum had
ceased, and the most favorable breezes told no tale, I knew that they had got
the last drone of them all safely into the Middlesex hive, and that now their
minds were bent on the honey with which it was smeared.
It seemed by the distant hum as if somebody’s bees had swarmed, and that the neighbors,
according to Virgil’s advice, by a faint tintinnabulum
upon the most sonorous of their domestic utensils, were endeavoring to
call them down into the hive again. And when the sound died quite away, and the hum had
ceased, and the most favorable breezes told no tale, I knew that they had got
the last drone of them all safely into the Middlesex hive, and that now their
minds were bent on the honey with which it was smeared.
I felt proud to know that the liberties of Massachusetts and of our fatherland
were in such safe keeping; and as I turned to my hoeing again I was filled with an
inexpressible confidence, and pursued my labor cheerfully with a calm trust in the
future.
When there were several bands of musicians, it sounded as if all the village
was a vast bellows, and all the buildings expanded and collapsed alternately with
a
din. But sometimes it was a really noble and inspiring strain that reached these
woods, and the trumpet that sings of fame,
and I felt as if I could spit a Mexican with a good relish,
—for why should we always
stand for trifles?—and looked round for a woodchuck or a skunk to exercise my
chivalry upon. These martial strains seemed as far away as Palestine, and reminded
me
of a march of crusaders in the horizon, with a slight tantivy and tremulous motion
of
the elm-tree
tops which
overhang the village. This was one of the
great
days;
though the sky had from my clearing only the same everlastingly great look that it
wears daily, and I saw no difference in it.
It was a singular experience that long acquaintance
which
which
which
which
which
which
which
I cultivated with beans,
what with planting & hoeing & harvesting and threshing and picking
over and selling them. The last was the hardest of all. I might add eating
too, for I did taste
what with planting, and hoeing, and harvesting, and threshing, and picking
over, and selling them,—the last was the hardest of all,—I might add eating,
for I did taste.
what with planting, and hoeing, and harvesting, and threshing, and picking
over, and selling them,—the last was the hardest of all,—I might add eating,
for I did taste.
what with planting, and hoeing, and harvesting, and threshing, and picking
over, and selling them,—the last was the hardest of all,—I might add eating,
for I did taste.
what with planting, and hoeing, and harvesting, and threshing, and picking
over, and selling them,—the last was the hardest of all,—I might add eating,
for I did taste.
what with planting, and hoeing, and harvesting, and threshing, and picking
over, and selling them,—the last was the hardest of all,—I might add eating,
for I did taste.
what with planting, and hoeing, and harvesting, and threshing, and picking
over, and selling them,—the last was the hardest of all,—I might add eating,
for I did taste.
what with planting, and hoeing, and harvesting, and threshing, and picking
over, and selling them,—the last was the hardest of all,—I might add eating,
for I did taste.
I was determined to know beans.
When they were growing, I used to hoe from five o’clock
till 12—and commonly
in the morning till noon, and commonly
in the morning till noon, and commonly
in the morning till noon, and commonly
in the morning till noon, and commonly
in the morning till noon, and commonly
in the morning till noon, and commonly
in the morning till noon, and commonly
spent the rest of the day about other affairs. Consider the intimate and
curious acquaintance one makes with various kinds of weeds,—
it will bear some iteration in the account, for there was no little
iteration in the labor,
it will bear some iteration in the account, for there was no little iteration
in the labor,
it will bear some iteration in the account, for there was no little iteration
in the labor,
it will bear some iteration in the account, for there was no little iteration
in the labor,
it will bear some iteration in the account, for there was no little iteration
in the labor,
it will bear some iteration in the account, for there was no little iteration
in the labor,
it will bear some iteration in the account, for there was no little iteration
in the labor,
it will bear some iteration in the account, for there was no little iteration
in the labor,
—disturbing their delicate organizations so ruthlessly, and making such
invidious distinctions with his hoe, levelling whole ranks of one species, and
sedulously cultivating another. That’s Roman wormwood,—that’s pigweed,—that’s
sorrel,—that’s piper-grass,—have at him, chop him up, turn his roots upward to the
sun, don’t let him have a fibre in the shade, if you do he’ll turn himself t’other
side up and be as green as a leek in two days. A long war, not with cranes,
but with weeds, those Trojans
who had sun and rain and
dews on their side. Daily the beans saw me come to their rescue armed with a hoe,
and
thin the ranks of their enemies, filling up the trenches with weedy dead. Many a
lusty crest-waving Hector,
that towered a whole foot above his crowding comrades, fell before my weapon and
rolled in the dust.
Those summer days which some of my contemporaries devoted to the fine arts in
Boston or Rome, and others to contemplation in India, and others to trade in London
or New York, I
thus,
thus,
thus,
thus,
thus,
thus,
thus,
thus,
with the other farmers of New England, devoted to husbandry. Not that I wanted
beans to eat, for I am by nature a Pythagorean,
so far as beans are concerned whether they mean porridge or
voting and exchanged them for rice and the like
so far as beans are concerned, whether they mean porridge or voting, and exchanged them for
rice;
so far as beans are concerned, whether they mean porridge or voting, and exchanged them for
rice;
but, perchance, as some must work in fields if only for the sake of tropes and
expression, to serve a parable-maker one day.
However it
It
It
It
It
It
It
It
was on the whole a
noble
rare
rare
rare
rare
rare
rare
rare
rare
amusement,
though my labor there had not much to do with the crop that was
to be harvested in the fall
though my labor there had not much to do with the crop that was
to be harvested in the fall
though my labor there had not much to do with the crop that was
to be harvested in the fall
though my labor there had not much to do with the crop that was
to be harvested in the fall
though my labor there had not much to do with the crop that was
to be harvested in the fall
which continued too long might have got to be a
dissipation
which, continued too long, might have become a dissipation.
which, continued too long, might have become a dissipation.
Though I gave them no manure, and did not hoe them all once, I hoed them
unusually well as far as I went, and was paid for it in the end, “there being in
truth," as Evelyn
says, “no
compost or lætation
whatsoever comparable to this continual motion, repastination,
and turning of the mould with the
spade."
“For the earth," he adds in
anotherxxxxxxxx
elsewhere
“For the earth," he adds in
anotherxxxxxxxx
elsewhere
“For the earth," he adds in
anotherxxxxxxxx
elsewhere
“For the earth," he adds in
anotherxxxxxxxx
elsewhere
“For the earth," he adds in
anotherxxxxxxxx
elsewhere
“For the earth," he adds in
anotherxxxxxxxx
elsewhere
“The earth," he adds elsewhere,
“The earth," he adds elsewhere,
“especially if fresh, has a certain magnetism in it, by which it attracts the
salt, power, or virtue (call it either) which gives it life, and is the logic of all
the labor and stir we keep about it, to sustain us; all dungings and other sordid
temperings being but the vicars succedaneous
to this improvement." Moreover, this
having been
being
having been
being
having been
being
having been
being
having been
being
having been
being
being
being
one of those “worn-out and exhausted lay fields which enjoy their sabbath,"
had perchance, as Sir Kenelm Digby
thinks likely, attracted “vital spirits" from the air.
At any rate I got
harvested
At any rate I got
harvested
At any rate I got
harvested
At any rate I got
harvested
At any rate I got
harvested
At any rate I got
harvested
I harvested
I harvested
twelve bushels of beans.
But to be more particular; for it is complained that Mr. Colman has
reported chiefly the expensive experiments of gentlemen farmers;
for I would give a complete account of myself
As I wish to give a complete account of myself I must add the
details of my farming & there is the more excuse for this since it is
complained that Mr Colman has reported only
chiefly the expensive experiments of gentlemen
farmers
But to be more particular; for it is complained that Mr. Colman has reported
chiefly the expensive experiments of gentlemen farmers;
But to be more particular; for it is complained that Mr. Colman has reported
chiefly the expensive experiments of gentlemen farmers;
But to be more particular; for it is complained that Mr. Colman has reported
chiefly the expensive experiments of gentlemen farmers;
But to be more particular; for it is complained that Mr. Colman has reported
chiefly the expensive experiments of gentlemen farmers;
But to be more particular; for it is complained that Mr. Colman has reported
chiefly the expensive experiments of gentlemen farmers;
my
farm outgoes
farm outgoes
farm out-goes for the first season were—
outgoes
outgoes
outgoes
outgoes
outgoes
were,—
For a hoe,
$0.54
Plowing, harrowing, and furrowing,
7 50,
that was too much
Too much.
Too much.
Too much.
Too much.
Too much.
Too much.
Too much.
Beans for seed,
3
12½
Potatoes “
1 33
Peas “
0 40
Turnip seed,
0 06
White line for crow fence,
0 02
Horse cultivator and boy three hours,
1 00
Horse and cart to get crop,
0 75
In all,
$14
72½
From
From
From
My income was (patrem familias vendacem, non emacem esse
oportet,)
from
My income was (patrem familias vendacem, non emacem esse
oportet,)
from
My income was (patrem familias vendacem, non emacem esse
oportet,)
from
My income was (patrem familias vendacem, non emacem esse
oportet,)
from
My income was (patrem familias vendacem, non emacem esse
oportet,)
from
Nine bushels and twelve quarts
and twelve quarts
and twelve quarts
and twelve quarts
and twelve quarts
and twelve quarts
and twelve quarts
and twelve quarts
and twelve quarts
of beans sold,
$ 16 94
Five “
large
large
large
large
large
large
large
potatoes,
2
50
Nine “ small potatoes,
2 25
Grass,
1 00
Stalks,
0 75
In all,
$23
44
Leaving a pecuniary profit, as I have elsewhere said, of $ 8 71½.
Leaving a pecuniary profit, as I have elsewhere said, of $ 8 71½.
Leaving a pecuniary profit, as I have elsewhere said, of $ 8 71½.
Leaving a pecuniary profit, as I have elsewhere said, of $ 8 71½.
Leaving a pecuniary profit, as I have elsewhere said, of $ 8 71½.
This is the result of my experience in raising
beans I got 12 bushels, by the way
beans I got 12 bushels, by the way
beans I got 12 bushels, by the way
beans I got 12 bushels, by the way
beans I got 12 bushels, by the way
beans,—I have already stated the pecuniary profit—
beans.
beans.
Plant the common
small
small
small
small
small
small
small
white bush bean about the first of June, in rows three feet by eighteen inches
apart, being careful to select fresh round and unmixed seed.
First look out for worms, and
supply vacancies by planting
afresh
afresh
afresh
afresh
afresh
afresh
anew.
anew.
Then look out for woodchucks, if it is an exposed place, for they will nibble
off the earliest tender leaves almost clean as they go; and again, when the young
tendrils make their appearance, they have notice of it, and will shear them off with
both buds and young pods, sitting erect like a squirrel. But above all harvest as
early as possible, if you would escape frosts and have a fair and saleable crop; you
may save much loss by this means.
This further experience also I gained. I said to myself, I will not plant
beans and corn with so much industry another summer, but such seeds, if the seed
is not lost, as sincerity, truth, simplicity, faith, innocence,
and the like,
and the like,
and the like,
and the like,
and the like,
and the like,
and the like,
and the like,
and see if they will not grow in this soil, even with less toil and
manurance, and sustain me,
for surely it has not been exhausted for these crops.
for surely it has not been exhausted for these crops.
for surely it has not been exhausted for these crops.
for surely it has not been exhausted for these crops.
for surely it has not been exhausted for these crops.
for surely it has not been exhausted for these crops.
for surely it has not been exhausted for these crops.
Alas! I said this to myself; but now another summer is gone, and another,
and another, and
it turns out
I am obliged to say to you, Reader,
I am obliged to say to you, Reader,
I am obliged to say to you, Reader,
I am obliged to say to you, Reader,
I am obliged to say to you, Reader,
I am obliged to say to you, Reader,
I am obliged to say to you, Reader,
that the seeds which I planted, if indeed they
the seeds of those virtues, were wormeaten or had lost their
vitality, and so did not come up. Commonly men will only be brave as their fathers
were brave,
or timid, it may be
or timid.
or timid.
or timid.
or timid.
or timid.
or timid.
or timid.
I perceive that this
This
This
This
This
This
This
This
generation is very sure
each new year to raise
to plant
to plant
to plant
to plant
to plant
to plant
to plant
corn and beans each new year precisely as the Indians did centuries ago and
taught the first settlers to do, as if there were a fate in it. I saw an old man
the other day,
to my astonishment,
to my astonishment,
to my astonishment,
to my astonishment,
to my astonishment,
to my astonishment,
to my astonishment,
making the holes with
his
a
a
a
a
a
a
a
hoe for the seventieth time at least, and not for himself to lie down in!
But why should not the New Englander try new adventures, and not lay so much
stress on his grain, his potato and grass crop, and his orchards?—raise other
crops than these?
Why concern ourselves so much about our beans for seed, and not be
concerned at all about a new generation of men?
Why concern ourselves so much about our beans for seed, and not be
concerned at all about a new generation of men?
Why concern ourselves so much about our beans for seed, and not be
concerned at all about a new generation of men?
Why concern ourselves so much about our beans for seed, and not be
concerned at all about a new generation of men?
Why concern ourselves so much about our beans for seed, and not be
concerned at all about a new generation of men?
Why concern ourselves so much about our beans for seed, and not be
concerned at all about a new generation of men?
Why concern ourselves so much about our beans for seed, and not be
concerned at all about a new generation of men?
We should
in some degree be cheered and fed
really be fed and cheered
really be fed and cheered
really be fed and cheered
really be fed and cheered
really be fed and cheered
really be fed and cheered
really be fed and cheered
really be fed and cheered
if when we met a man we were sure to see that some of
these qualities we so much prize
the qualities which I have named which we all prize more than the
latter productions
the qualities which I have named, which we all prize more than those other
productions,
the qualities which I have named, which we all prize more than those other
productions,
the qualities which I have named, which we all prize more than those other
productions,
the qualities which I have named, which we all prize more than those other
productions,
the qualities which I have named, which we all prize more than those other
productions,
the qualities which I have named, which we all prize more than those other
productions,
the qualities which I have named, which we all prize more than those other
productions,
but which are for the most part broadcast and floating in the air, had
taken root and grown in him. Here comes such a subtile and ineffable quality, for
instance, as truth or justice, though the slightest amount or new variety of it,
along the road.
Our ambassadors should be instructed to send home such seeds as these,
and Congress help to distribute them over all the land.
Our ambassadors should be instructed to send home such seeds as these, and
Congress help to distribute them over all the land.
Our ambassadors should be instructed to send home such seeds as these, and
Congress help to distribute them over all the land.
We should never stand
upon ceremony with sincerity. We should never cheat and insult and banish one
another by our meanness, if there were present the kernel of worth and
friendliness. We should not meet thus in haste. Most men I do not meet at all, for
they seem not to have time; they are busy about their beans.
We would not
meet
deal with
deal with
deal with
a man thus plodding ever, leaning on a hoe or a spade as a staff
between his work,
between his work,
between his work,
between his work,
not
like
as
as
as
a mushroom, but partially risen out of the earth,
something more than erect,
like swallows alighted and walking on the ground.—
“And as he spake, his wings would now and then
Spread, as he meant to fly, then close again,"
so that we should suspect
that we might be conversing with an angel. Bread may not always nourish us; but it
always does us good, it even takes stiffness out of our joints, and makes us
supple and buoyant, when we knew not what ailed us, to recognize any
largeness
generosity
generosity
generosity
generosity
in man or Nature, to share any unmixed and heroic joy.
All history & mythology at least suggest
that Husbandry was anciently
All history & mythology at least suggest
that Husbandry was anciently
All history & mythology at least suggest
that Husbandry was anciently
All history & mythology at least suggest
that Husbandry was anciently
All history
poetry & mythology whose truth
indeed, is chiefly prophetic not historic, suggest at least that husbandry was anciently
Ancient poetry & mythology at least suggest
at least that husbandry was anciently
once
Ancient poetry and mythology suggest, at least, that husbandry was
once
Ancient poetry and mythology suggest, at least, that husbandry was
once
a sacred art;
but
it is pursued with
irreverent heedlessness and haste
irreverent heedlessness and haste
irreverent heedlessness and haste
irreverent heedlessness and haste
irreverent heedlessness and haste and heedlessness
irreverent haste and heedlessness
irreverent haste and heedlessness
irreverent haste and heedlessness
by us, our object
is
being
is
being
is
being
is
being
is
being
being
being
being
to have large farms and large crops
merely. Our thoughts on this subject should be
as slow as the pace of oxen. The difference between the ancients and us may
be seen in their different treatment of their fellow laborer the ox. We are
accustomed to say that the ox is more profitable than the horse, because it
not only costs less to keep it, but when it is past labor we can slaughter
it, and it will furnish food for our families—we treat it as a slave rather
than as a servant. If other nations, as the Egyptians, have been idolators
in this respect, and made animals objects of adoration, we have gone to the
other and an equally fatal extreme—for every animal should be approached
with a feeling of reverence.—“According to the early laws of Greece, the
ploughing ox was held sacred, and was entitled when past service, to range
the pastures in freedom and repose. It was forbidden, by decrees of
Triptolemus, to put to death this faithful ally of the labors of the
husbandman, who shared the toils of ploughing & threshing. Whenever
therefore an ox was slaughtered, he must first be consecrated or devoted as
a sacrifice (ίερειου), by the sprinkling of the
sacrificial barley; this was a precaution against the barbarous practice of
eating raw flesh (Вονφαγία). A peculiar sacrifice (Δμπόλια) at Athens, at which a slayer of the ox fled,
and the guilty axe was thrown into the sea, on the sentence of the Prytanes,
yearly placed before the people a visible type of the first beginnings of
their social institutions." Ancient writers on agriculture speak of such
things as the “dignity of the herd." Varro suggests that the object of the
Argonautic expedition was a ram’s fleece—The golden apples of the Hesperides
were by the ambiguity of language goats and sheep which Hercules imported.
The stars and constellations bear their names. The Aegean sea has its name
from the goat—and famous mountains & straits—as the Bosphorus or
ox-passage. Ovid makes Italy to be from vitulas. The fine or tax (mulcta a mulgendo) anciently paid in kind
refers to this. The oldest coins bore the figures of cattle—Our word
pecuniary is from the Latin pecunia which is from pecus or herd—which was the oldest currency
or medium of exchange. Celebrated Roman families have derived their names
from the same source. As Porcius
Ovinius—Capritius—Equitius—Taurus—Capra—Vitulus &c
merely. Our thoughts on this subject should be
as slow as the pace of oxen. The difference between the ancients and us may
be seen in their different treatment of their fellow laborer the ox. We are
accustomed to say that the ox is more profitable than the horse, because it
not only costs less to keep it, but when it is past labor we can slaughter
it, and it will furnish food for our families—we treat it as a slave rather
than as a servant. If other nations, as the Egyptians, have been idolators
in this respect, and made animals objects of adoration, we have gone to the
other and an equally fatal extreme—for every animal should be approached
with a feeling of reverence.—“According to the early laws of Greece, the
ploughing ox was held sacred, and was entitled when past service, to range
the pastures in freedom and repose. It was forbidden, by decrees of
Triptolemus, to put to death this faithful ally of the labors of the
husbandman, who shared the toils of ploughing & threshing. Whenever
therefore an ox was slaughtered, he must first be consecrated or devoted as
a sacrifice (ίερειου), by the sprinkling of the
sacrificial barley; this was a precaution against the barbarous practice of
eating raw flesh (Вονφαγία). A peculiar sacrifice (Δμπόλια) at Athens, at which a slayer of the ox fled,
and the guilty axe was thrown into the sea, on the sentence of the Prytanes,
yearly placed before the people a visible type of the first beginnings of
their social institutions." Ancient writers on agriculture speak of such
things as the “dignity of the herd." Varro suggests that the object of the
Argonautic expedition was a ram’s fleece—The golden apples of the Hesperides
were by the ambiguity of language goats and sheep which Hercules imported.
The stars and constellations bear their names. The Aegean sea has its name
from the goat—and famous mountains & straits—as the Bosphorus or
ox-passage. Ovid makes Italy to be from vitulas. The fine or tax (mulcta a mulgendo) anciently paid in kind
refers to this. The oldest coins bore the figures of cattle—Our word
pecuniary is from the Latin pecunia which is from pecus or herd—which was the oldest currency
or medium of exchange. Celebrated Roman families have derived their names
from the same source. As Porcius
Ovinius—Capritius—Equitius—Taurus—Capra—Vitulus &c
merely. Our thoughts on this subject should be
as slow as the pace of oxen. The difference between the ancients and us may
be seen in their different treatment of their fellow laborer the ox. We are
accustomed to say that the ox is more profitable than the horse, because it
not only costs less to keep it, but when it is past labor we can slaughter
it, and it will furnish food for our families—we treat it as a slave rather
than as a servant. If other nations, as the Egyptians, have been idolators
in this respect, and made animals objects of adoration, we have gone to the
other and an equally fatal extreme—for every animal should be approached
with a feeling of reverence.—“According to the early laws of Greece, the
ploughing ox was held sacred, and was entitled when past service, to range
the pastures in freedom and repose. It was forbidden, by decrees of
Triptolemus, to put to death this faithful ally of the labors of the
husbandman, who shared the toils of ploughing & threshing. Whenever
therefore an ox was slaughtered, he must first be consecrated or devoted as
a sacrifice (ίερειου), by the sprinkling of the
sacrificial barley; this was a precaution against the barbarous practice of
eating raw flesh (Вονφαγία). A peculiar sacrifice (Δμπόλια) at Athens, at which a slayer of the ox fled,
and the guilty axe was thrown into the sea, on the sentence of the Prytanes,
yearly placed before the people a visible type of the first beginnings of
their social institutions." Ancient writers on agriculture speak of such
things as the “dignity of the herd." Varro suggests that the object of the
Argonautic expedition was a ram’s fleece—The golden apples of the Hesperides
were by the ambiguity of language goats and sheep which Hercules imported.
The stars and constellations bear their names. The Aegean sea has its name
from the goat—and famous mountains & straits—as the Bosphorus or
ox-passage. Ovid makes Italy to be from vitulas. The fine or tax (mulcta a mulgendo) anciently paid in kind
refers to this. The oldest coins bore the figures of cattle—Our word
pecuniary is from the Latin pecunia which is from pecus or herd—which was the oldest currency
or medium of exchange. Celebrated Roman families have derived their names
from the same source. As Porcius
Ovinius—Capritius—Equitius—Taurus—Capra—Vitulus &c
merely. Our thoughts on this subject should be
as slow as the pace of oxen. The difference between the ancients and us may
be seen in their different treatment of their fellow laborer the ox. We are
accustomed to say that the ox is more profitable than the horse, because it
not only costs less to keep it, but when it is past labor we can slaughter
it, and it will furnish food for our families—we treat it as a slave rather
than as a servant. If other nations, as the Egyptians, have been idolators
in this respect, and made animals objects of adoration, we have gone to the
other and an equally fatal extreme—for every animal should be approached
with a feeling of reverence.—“According to the early laws of Greece, the
ploughing ox was held sacred, and was entitled when past service, to range
the pastures in freedom and repose. It was forbidden, by decrees of
Triptolemus, to put to death this faithful ally of the labors of the
husbandman, who shared the toils of ploughing & threshing. Whenever
therefore an ox was slaughtered, he must first be consecrated or devoted as
a sacrifice (ίερειου), by the sprinkling of the
sacrificial barley; this was a precaution against the barbarous practice of
eating raw flesh (Вονφαγία). A peculiar sacrifice (Δμπόλια) at Athens, at which a slayer of the ox fled,
and the guilty axe was thrown into the sea, on the sentence of the Prytanes,
yearly placed before the people a visible type of the first beginnings of
their social institutions." Ancient writers on agriculture speak of such
things as the “dignity of the herd." Varro suggests that the object of the
Argonautic expedition was a ram’s fleece—The golden apples of the Hesperides
were by the ambiguity of language goats and sheep which Hercules imported.
The stars and constellations bear their names. The Aegean sea has its name
from the goat—and famous mountains & straits—as the Bosphorus or
ox-passage. Ovid makes Italy to be from vitulas. The fine or tax (mulcta a mulgendo) anciently paid in kind
refers to this. The oldest coins bore the figures of cattle—Our word
pecuniary is from the Latin pecunia which is from pecus or herd—which was the oldest currency
or medium of exchange. Celebrated Roman families have derived their names
from the same source. As Porcius
Ovinius—Capritius—Equitius—Taurus—Capra—Vitulus &c
merely. The difference between the ancients or the man of our
imaginations, and ourselves may be seen in their different treatment of
their fellow laborer the ox. I read
that.“According to the early laws of Greece," says a modern
writer, “the plowing ox was held sacred, and was entitled when past
service, to range the pastures in freedom and repose. It was forbidden, by
the decrees of Triptolemus, to put to death this faithful ally of the
husbandman, who shared the toils of plowing and threshing. Whenever
therefore an ox was slaughtered, he must first be consecrated or devoted as
a sacrifice (ίερειου), by the sprinkling of the
sacrificial barley; this was a precaution against the barbarous practice of
eating raw flesh (Вονφαγία). A peculiar sacrifice (Δμπόλια)
merely. We read that “According to the early laws of Greece, the
plowing ox was held sacred, and was entitled when past service, to
range the pastures in freedom & repose;" & also
that there was “a peculiar sacrifice
(Δμπόλια)
at Athens, at which the slayer of the ox fled and the guilty axe was
thrown into the sea"—But we slaughter the companion of our labors, when he
is worn out in our service, without a tear or token of gratitude. I learn
from one who frequents the market at Brighton, that cattle are frequently
starved 4 or 5 days before they are slaughtered, since it is found not to
cause any serious diminution in the weight of their solid parts. It was not
in such an age as this methinks that honorable surnames were
derived from humble trades & brute fellow laborers with man. Not to
enumerate our English Farmers, Gardiners, Thatchers, Coopers &c.
like the names of
consider the Celebrated Roman Families—Porcius Ovinius,
Capritius, Equitius, Taurus, Capra, Vitulus & others whom Varro
enumerates
merely.
merely.
We have no festival, nor procession, nor ceremony, not excepting our
Cattle-shows
and so
called Thanksgivings, by which the farmer expresses a sense of the sacredness of
his calling,
or is reminded of its sacred origin.
or is reminded of its sacred origin.
or is reminded of its sacred origin.
It is the premium and the feast which tempt him. He sacrifices not to Ceres
and the Terrestrial
Jove,
but to the infernal
Plutus
rather.
By avarice and selfishness, and a grovelling habit,
from which none of us are free
from which none of us is free,
from which none of us is free,
from which none of us is free,
from which none of us is free,
from which none of us is free,
from which none of us is free,
from which none of us is free,
of regarding the soil as property, or the means of acquiring property
solely,
solely,
solely,
solely,
solely,
solely,
chiefly,
chiefly,
the landscape is deformed,
the landscape is deformed,
husbandry is degraded with us, and the farmer leads the meanest of lives.
He
knows not
knows
knows
knows
knows
knows
knows
knows
Nature but as a robber. Cato
calls the profits of agriculture
calls the profits of agriculture
calls the profits of agriculture
calls the profits of agriculture
calls the profits of agriculture
calls the profits of agriculture
says that the profits of agriculture are
says that the profits of agriculture are
particularly pious or just, (
maximeque pius
quæstus
,)
and
according to Varro
says that the old Romans
says that the old Romans
says that the old Romans
says that the old Romans
says that the old Romans
says that the old Romans
the old Romans
the old Romans
“called the same earth Mother and Ceres,
and thought that they who
cultivated it led a pious and useful life, and that they alone were left of the
race of King Saturn."
We are
apt
wont
wont
wont
wont
wont
wont
wont
wont
to forget that the sun looks on our cultivated fields and on the prairies and
forests without distinction.
They
all
all
all
all
all
all
all
reflect and absorb his rays alike,
and the former make but part of the glorious picture which he beholds in
his daily course
and the former make but a small part of the glorious picture which he beholds
in his daily course.
and the former make but a small part of the glorious picture which he beholds
in his daily course.
and the former make but a small part of the glorious picture which he beholds
in his daily course.
and the former make but a small part of the glorious picture which he beholds
in his daily course.
and the former make but a small part of the glorious picture which he beholds
in his daily course.
and the former make but a small part of the glorious picture which he beholds
in his daily course.
and the former make but a small part of the glorious picture which he beholds
in his daily course.
In the light of the sun
In the light of the sun
In the light of the sun
In the light of the sun
In the light of the sun
For
In his view
In his view
In his view
the earth is all equally cultivated like a garden.
and yields every where to an irresistible civilization
Therefore we should receive the benefit of his light and beat with a
corresponding trust and magnanimity.
Therefore we should receive the benefit of his light and beat with a
corresponding trust and magnanimity.
Therefore we should receive the benefit of his light and beat with a
corresponding trust and magnanimity.
Therefore we should receive the benefit of his light and beat with a
corresponding trust and magnanimity.
Therefore we should receive the benefit of his light and beat with a
corresponding trust and magnanimity.
Therefore we should receive the benefit of his light and beat with a
corresponding trust and magnanimity.
Therefore we should receive the benefit of his light and beat with a
corresponding trust and magnanimity.
What though I value the seed of these beans, and harvest that in the fall of
the year? This broad field which I have looked at so long looks not to me as the
farmer or principal cultivator
principal cultivator,
principal cultivator,
principal cultivator,
principal cultivator,
principal cultivator,
principal cultivator,
principal cultivator,
but away from me to influences more genial to it,
who waters it and makes it green. These beans have results which are not
harvested by me
who waters it and makes it green. These beans have results which are not
harvested by me
who waters it and makes it green. These beans have results which are not
harvested by me
who waters it and makes it green. These beans have results which are not
harvested by me
who waters it and makes it green. These beans have results which are not
harvested by me
which water it & make it green. Shall I not rejoice also
at the abundance of the weeds whose seeds are the granary of the
birds?
which water and make it green. These beans have results which are not
harvested by me.
which water and make it green. These beans have results which are not
harvested by me.
Do they not grow for woodchucks partly? The ear of grain, (spica obsol. speca from spe hope) should not be
the only hope of the husbandman
Shall I not rejoice also
at the abundance of the weeds whose seeds are the granary of the
birds?
Do they not grow for woodchucks partly? The ear of wheat, (in Latin spica, obsoletely speca, from spe, hope,) should not be
the only hope of the husbandman; its kernel or grain (granum from gerendo, bearing) is not all
that it bears. How, then, can our harvest fail? Shall I not rejoice also at the
abundance of the weeds whose seeds are the granary of the birds?
Do they not grow for woodchucks partly? The ear of wheat, (in Latin spica, obsoletely speca, from spe, hope,) should not be
the only hope of the husbandman; its kernel or grain (granum from gerendo, bearing) is not all
that it bears. How, then, can our harvest fail? Shall I not rejoice also at the
abundance of the weeds whose seeds are the granary of the birds?
It matters little comparatively whether the fields fill the farmer’s barns.
The true husbandman will cease from anxiety,
As the chestnut woods are not concerned whether they
As the chestnut woods are not concerned whether they
As the chestnut woods are not concerned whether they
As the chestnut woods are not concerned whether they
As the chestnut woods are not concerned whether they
as the squirrels manifest no concern whether the
chestnut woods will
as the squirrels manifest no concern whether the woods will
as the squirrels manifest no concern whether the woods will
bear chestnuts this year or not, and finish his labor with every day,
relinquishing all claim to the produce of his fields,
The landscape is deformed when there is an attempt to
appropriate what indeed cannot be appropriated
The landscape is deformed when there is an attempt to
appropriate what indeed cannot be appropriated
The landscape is deformed when there is an attempt to
appropriate what indeed cannot be appropriated
The landscape is deformed when there is an attempt to
appropriate what indeed cannot be appropriated
The landscape is deformed when there is an attempt to
appropriate what indeed cannot be appropriated
sacrificing in his mind not only his first but his last fruits also
The landscape is deformed when there is an attempt to appropriate what
indeed cannot be appropriated
and sacrificing in his mind not only his first but his last fruits also.
and sacrificing in his mind not only his first but his last fruits also.
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