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26 An Inland Voyage.
of the station to which he has been called.
He may be a man, in short, acting on his own
instincts, keeping in his own shape that God
made him in ; and not a mere crank in the
social engine house, welded on principles that
he does not understand, and for purposes that
he does not care for.
For v/ill anyone dare to tell me that business
is more entertaining than fooling among boats ?
He must have never seen a boat, or never seen
an office, who says so. And for certain the one
is a great deal better for the health. There
should be nothing so much a man's business as
his amusements. Nothing but money-grubbing
can be put forward to the contrary ; no one
but
Mammon, the least erected spirit that fell
From Heaven,
durst risk a word in answer. It is but a lying
cant that would represent the merchant and the