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No. 32.
DERWENT WATER, FROM CROW PARK.
Crow Park was, within the recollection of some people,
covered with ancient oaks; now there are none.
Depredations of this sort are perpetually making upon the
domains of taste; sometimes by the rich, and sometimes by
their agents, in complete ignorance of the intrinsic value
of such property. - Inclosed groups of trees planted in
proper situations would restore the beauties of which this
country has been thoughtlessly deprived; and the sons and
daughters
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of the present generation would reap the benefits of such an
improvement.
The end of all human pursuits is to procure to every
individual the greatest quantity of that kind of happiness
he is capable of enjoying: men with minds devoid of
cultivation, frequently place their affections exclusively
on the accumulation of wealth, and are seldom inclined so to
educate their children as to render them capable of
rationally enjoying that wealth when it devolves to them. In
the opinion of such men, there is no security for the
preservation of their property, but in their children being
trained in the industrious habits of their fathers, and thus
is insensibility to the objects of taste perpetuated.
Where refinement with honourable feeling and riches unite,
every thing may be expected. A human being thus
advantageously gifted, whatever may be his peculiar pursuit
in life, will
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