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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.