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a difficulty to draw its silence, solitariness and independence indeed! And I thought in those days it was rather an easy thing to draw; it is true that there is nothing hard for a boy. Oh, I wish I could return again to my boyhood days. It is not bad to enjoy the true harmony or music of nature; but to appreciate its silence, solitariness and independence is the true test of human culture. I know that education is always mischievous in wrong-doing; it makes us astray from the path true and free.

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