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xii —Æschylus —Despondency—Linnæus—Bravery—Noon—Scraps from a Chapter on Bravery—Friendship—Crickets.

CHAPTER IV. 1840 (. 22-23) 110

The Fisher's Son—Friends—Poetry—A Tame Life—Æschylus—Truth—Duty—Beauty lives by Rhymes—Fishes—Muskrats—The Freshet—Important Events—Ornithology—Inward Poverty—Wild Ducks—The World as a Theatre for Action—Rain—Farewell, Etiquette!—War—The Beginning of the Voyage on the Concord and Merrimack—The Boat—End of the Journal of 546 Pages—Reflections—A Sonnet to Profane Swearing—Down the Concord—The Landscape through a Tumbler—Likeness and Difference—A Drum in the Night—The Inspired Body—Dullness—The Yankee Answer—Greek Philosophers—Rhythm and Harmony—Evening—Paradox—Sailing—A Stately March—Effort the Prerogative of Virtue—The True Poem—Sunrise—A Muster—The Great Ball—Fishing and Sporting—The Golden Mean—Grecian History—The Eye—True Art—Necessity—Dress—Bravery.

CHAPTER V. 1841 (. 23-24) 173

Routine—Stillness—Seriousness cutting Capers—Wealth is Power—A Dream—Suspicion—Resistance—Rough Usage—Trust in God—Journalizing—The Snow on the Pitch Pines—A Team coming out of the Woods—The Tracks of a Fox—Chasing a Fox—End of the Journal of 396 Pages—Repetition—Weight—Sincerity—The Etiquette of Keeping One's Seat—The Human Voice—Swiss Singers—Costume—The Value of the Recess in a Public Entertainment—Assisting Nature—Prophecy—The Geniality of Cold—Recognition of Greatness—Victory and Defeat—The Lover's Court—The Measure of Time—My Journal—The Industriousness of Vice—Overpraising—Silence—True Modesty—The Helper and the Helped—A Poor Farm—Bronchitis—A Good Book—The Leisure of Society and Nature—The Grandeur of the Storm—Music—Friends—