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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.