That man who is more then his elements knows the land that is more than its analysis.

The profession of book writing makes horse racing seem like a solid, stable business.

The design of a book is the pattern of a reality controlled and shaped by the mind of a writer.

There is nothing pleasanter than spading when the ground is soft and damp.

That man who is more then his elements knows the land that is more than its analysis.

Then the hard, dry Spaniards came exploring through, greedy and realistic, and their greed was for gold or God. They collected souls as they collected jewels. They gathered mountains and valleys, rivers and whole horizons, the way a man might now gain tittle to building lots.

The last clear definite function of men—muscles aching to work, minds aching to create beyond the single need—this is man.