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till they fret    themselves in a chronic fever of the brain�察�which too often 

urge     them   on   to   plunge�察  �as   it   were�察  �to   cool   the   inward   fire�察  �into   the 

ever´restless seas of doubt or of superstition。           It is a sad    picture。     There 

are many who may read these pages whose hearts will                    tell them that it is 



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a true one。      What is wanted in these cases is             a methodic and scientific 

habit   of   mind�察  �and   a   class   of   objects   on which   to   exercise   that   habit�察�

which   will   fever   neither   the    speculative   intellect   nor   the   moral   sense�察�

and those physical        science will give�察�as nothing else can give it。 

     Moreover�察�to revert to another point which we touched just now�察�man 

has a body as well as a mind�察�and with the vast majority there will                    be no 

MENS       SANA   unless       there   be  a  CORPUS        SANUM        for  it  to  inhabit。 

And what outdoor training to give our youths is�察�as we have already                     said�察�

more     than    ever   puzzling。     This     difficulty   is  felt�察 �perhaps�察     �less   in 

Scotland than in England。            The Scotch climate compels             hardiness�察�the 

Scotch bodily strength makes it easy�察�and Scotland�察                  �with her mountain´ 

tours   in   summer�察  �and   her   frozen   lochs   in   winter�察  �her   labyrinth   of   sea´ 

shore�察    �and�察  �above     all�察 �that   priceless    boon      which     Providence       has 

bestowed   on   her�察  �in   the   contiguity   of   her   great   cities   to   the   loveliest 

scenery�察�and the hills where every             breeze is health�察�affords facilities for 

healthy physical   life      unknown   to   the  Englishman�察 �who   has   no Arthur's 

Seat towering above          his London�察�no Western Islands sporting the ocean 

firths beside his       Manchester。       Field sports�察�with the invaluable training 

which they       give�察�if not 

       ;The reason firm�察─�

       yet still 

       ;The temperate will�察�Endurance�察�foresight�察�strength�察�and skill�察─�

       have    become      impossible     for   the   greater    number�此     �and     athletic 

exercises      are   now�察   �in  England      at  least�察  �becoming      more     and    more 

artificialized and expensive�察�and are confined more and more ´ with                       the 

honourable   exception   of   the   football   games   in   Battersea   Park   ´      to   our 

Public Schools and the two elder Universities。                All honour�察     �meanwhile�察�

to the Volunteer movement�察�and its moral as well as its                  physical effects。 

But it is only a comparatively few of the very               sturdiest who are likely to 

become effective Volunteers�察�and so              really gain the benefits of learning 

to be soldiers。      And yet the        young man who has had no substitute for 

such   occupations   will   cut      but   a   sorry   figure   in   Australia�察  �Canada�察  �or 

India�察�and if he stays        at home�察�will spend many a pound in doctors' bills�察�

which could        have been better employed elsewhere。                ;Taking a walk; ´ 



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as one      would take a pill or a draught ´ seems likely soon to become the 

only form of outdoor existence possible for too many inhabitants of                         the 

British Isles。      But a walk   without an object�察 �unless in the              most   lovely 

and novel of scenery�察�is a poor exercise�察�and as a                  recreation�察�utterly nil。 

I never knew two young lads go out for a                  ;constitutional�察─�who did not�察�

if   they   were   commonplace   youths�察        �gossip   the   whole   way   about   things 

better   left   unspoken�察  �or�察  �if   they  were   clever   ones�察  �fall   on   arguing   and 

brainsbeating on politics or           metaphysics from the moment they left the 

door�察  �and   return   with     their   wits   even   more   heated   and   tired   than   they 

were   when   they   set      out。    I   cannot   help   fancying   that   Milton   made   a 

mistake in a       certain celebrated passage�察�and that it was not ;sitting on a 

hill    apart�察─   �but   tramping     four   miles    out   and   four    miles   in   along   a 

turnpike´road�察�that his hapless spirits discoursed 

       ;Of   fate�察  �free´will�察  �foreknowledge   absolute�察  �And   found   no   end�察  �in 

wandering mazes lost。; 

       Seriously�察  �if   we   wish   rural   walks   to   do   our   children   any   good�察  �we 

must give them a love for rural sights�察�an object in every walk�察�we                       must 

teach   them   ´   and   we   can   teach   them   ´   to   find   wonder   in   every  insect�察�

sublimity in every hedgerow�察�the records of past worlds in                     every pebble�察�

and boundless fertility upon the barren shore�察�and                   so�察�by teaching them 

to make full use of that limited sphere in             which they now are�察�make them 

faithful in a few things�察�that they            may be fit hereafter to be rulers over 

much。 

     I   may   seem   to   exaggerate   the   advantages   of   such   studies�察  �but   the 

question      after  all  is  one    of  experience�此      �and    I  have    had   experience 

enough and to spare that what I say is true。               I have seen the young          man 

of    fierce   passions�察   �and    uncontrollable      daring�察   �expend     healthily     that 

energy   which   threatened   daily   to   plunge   him   into   recklessness�察         �if   not 

into sin�察  �upon   hunting   out   and   collecting�察  �through   rock   and       bog�察  �snow 

and tempest�察�every bird and egg of the neighbouring                   forest。    I have seen 

the cultivated man�察�craving for travel and for                success in life�察�pent up in 

the    drudgery   of    London      work�察   �and   yet   keeping      his  spirit   calm�察  �and 

perhaps      his   morals     all  the   more      righteous�察    �by    spending     over    his 

microscope   evenings   which   would   too             probably   have   gradually   been 



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wasted at the theatre。        I have seen      the young London beauty�察�amid all 

the excitement and temptation of            luxury and flattery�察�with her heart pure 

and her mind occupied in a           boudoir full of shells and fossils�察�flowers and 

sea´weeds�察�keeping         herself unspotted from the world�察�by considering the 

lilies of the     field�察 �how they  grow。       And   therefore it is that   I hail   with 

thankfulness every fresh book of Natural History�察�as a fresh boon                    to the 

young�察�a fresh help to those who have to educate them。 

     The greatest difficulty in the way of beginners is ��as in most                things�� 

how ;to learn the art of learning。;           They go out�察�search�察        �find less than 

they expected�察�and give the subject up in             disappointment。        It is good to 

begin�察  �therefore�察  �if   possible�察  �by   playing   the   part   of   ;jackal;   to   some 

practised naturalist�察�who will         show the tyro where to look�察�what to look 

for�察�and�察�moreover�察�what          it is that he has found�察�often no easy matter to 

discover。      Forty     years    ago�察  �during    an  autumn's     work    of   dead´leaf´ 

searching   in   the    Devon   woods   for   poor   old   Dr。   Turton�察  �while   he   was 

writing his book       on British land´shells�察�the present writer learnt more of 

the art    of observing than he would have learnt in three years' desultory 

hunting on his own account�察�and he has often regretted that no                  naturalist 

has established shore´lectures at some watering´place�察                �like those up hill 

and down dale field´lectures which�察�in pleasant              bygone Cambridge days�察�

Professor     Sedgwick      used   to  give   to  young     geologists�察   �and   Professor 

Henslow to young botanists。 

     In   the   meanwhile�察  �to   show   you   something   of   what   may   be   seen   by 

those who care to see�察�let me take you�察�in imagination�察�to a shore                 where I 

was once at home�察�and for whose richness I can vouch�察�and                     choose our 

season     and   our   day   to  start  forth�察  �on   some    glorious     September      or 

October   morning�察  �to   see   what   last   night's   equinoctial      gale   has   swept 

from   the   populous   shallows   of   Torbay�察  �and   cast 

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