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him in his daily walk. Anyone, who, like myself, has livedmuch among men of studious and retired habits, knows fromexperience how close the connexion is between some kinds ofphysical and moral courage, and how often the want of theformer impedes the usefulness of such men, and even temptsthem to pass by without protest, or acquiesce in, conduct ofwhich their consciences secretly disapprove. But, besides this,the undulating wastes of lifeless snow, the frozen cataractsof the glaciers, the dark crags and splintered pinnacles of thehigher mountains, speak to the soul in a language ill under-stood by those who view them afar off from the luxurious valley.They give rest to the fevered brain, peace to tho weary heart,ami life to the languid frame ; but better still than this, few,I think, can return from wandering among their solitudes with-out a deeper sense of the infinite wisdom and lovingkindness ofour Almighty Creator.