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The Solitary Summer
·
Elizabeth Von Arnim
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Living
face
to
face
with
nature
makes
it
difficult
for
one
to
be
discouraged.
Moles
and
late
frosts,
both
of
which
are
here
in
abundance,
have
often
grieved
and
disappointed
me,
but
even
these,
my
worst
enemies,
have
not
succeeded
in
making
me
feel
discouraged.
Not
once
till
now
have
I
got
farther
in
that
direction
than
the
purely
negative
state
of
not
being
encouraged;
and
whenever
I
reach
that
state
I
go
for
a
brisk
walk
in
the
sunshine
and
come
back
cured.
It
makes
one
so
healthy
to
live
in
a
garden,
so
healthy
in
mind
as
well
as
body,
and
when
I
say
moles
and
late
frosts
are
my
worst
enemies,
it
only
shows
how
I
could
not
now
if
I
tried
sit
down
and
brood
over
my
own
or
my
neighbour's
sins,
and
how
the
breezes
in
my
garden
have
blown
away
all
those
worries
and
vexations
and
bitternesses
that
are
the
lot
of
those
who
live
in
a
crowd.
The
most
severe
frost
that
ever
nipped
the
hopes
of
a
year
is
better
to
my
thinking
than
having
to
listen
to
one
malignant
truth
or
lie,
and
I
would
rather
have
a
mole
busy
burrowing
tunnels
under
each
of
my
rose
trees
and
letting
the
air
get
at
their
roots
than
face
a
single
greeting
where
no
kindness
is.
How
can
you
help
being
happy
if
you
are
healthy
and
in
the
place
you
want
to
be?
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