Resign yourself to the influence of the earth.
In most books, the I, of first person, is omitted; in this it will be retained; that, in respect to egotism, is the main difference.
The country is an archipelago of lakes,--the lake-country of New England.
The bluebird carries the sky on his back.
Most men cry better than they speak. You get more nurture out of them by pinching than addressing them.
Almost all wild apples are handsome. They cannot be too gnarly and crabbed and rusty to look at. The gnarliest will have some redeeming traits even to the eye.