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p; in smooth places; a mirror to the heaven and  the shores。  The washerwomen hailed us laughingly; and the noise of  trees and water made an accompaniment to our dozing thoughts; as we  fleeted down the stream。

The great volume; the indefatigable purpose of the river; held the  mind in chain。  It seemed now so sure of its end; so strong and  easy in its gait; like a grown man full of determination。  The surf  was roaring for it on the sands of Havre。

For my own part; slipping along this moving thoroughfare in my  fiddle…case of a canoe; I also was beginning to grow aweary for my  ocean。  To the civilised man; there must come; sooner or later; a  desire for civilisation。  I was weary of dipping the paddle; I was  weary of living on the skirts of life; I wished to be in the thick  of it once more; I wished to get to work; I wished to meet people  who understood my own speech; and could meet with me on equal  terms; as a man; and no longer as a curiosity。

And so a letter at Pontoise decided us; and we drew up our keels  for the last time out of that river of Oise that had faithfully  piloted them; through rain and sunshine; for so long。  For so many  miles had this fleet and footless beast of burthen charioted our  fortunes; that we turned our back upon it with a sense of  separation。  We had made a long detour out of the world; but now we  were back in the familiar places; where life itself makes all the  running; and we are carried to meet adventure without a stroke of  the paddle。  Now we were to return; like the voyager in the play;  and see what rearrangements fortune had perfected the while in our  surroundings; what surprises stood ready made for us at home; and  whither and how far the world had voyaged in our absence。  You may  paddle all day long; but it is when you come back at nightfall; and  look in at the familiar room; that you find Love or Death awaiting  you beside the stove; and the most beautiful adventures are not  those we go to seek。





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