Probably to most boys the ideal life is one that comprises "the joy of eventful living." Here for the first time it dawned upon this youthful interloper that one could be happy in quietness and seclusion. There were, it appeared, certain satisfactions in other careers than those of the cowboy and the soldier. Up to this time the boy had never been able to understand why heaven was so often spoken of as a place of rest. He did not understand wholly now, but a later comprehension had here its inception.
And so let us remember Mr. Tatlock sitting, lost in meditation, in his garden. After all he was not without influence in his environment, unobtrusive soul that he was. He made himself felt in his little world. He counted. The boy who watched him over the fence that day thought of him again when he read in a recent essay: "The truth is that a man's life is the expression of his temperament and that what eventually matters is his attitude and relation to life . . . . not only his performance."
Page 31, "activites" changed to "activities" (activities of their colleagues)
Page 57, "orginality" changed to "originality" (wit, originality, sympathy)
Page 71, "Englandler" changed to "Englander" (contributed to "The New Englander")
Page 73, "Willaims" changed to "Williams" (S. Williams, Deacon Normand)
Page 103, "geolological" changed to "geological" (to make a geological)
Page 228, "abondoned" changed to "abandoned" (and abandoned, the maps)
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