A Morning Walk

By Follen, Eliza Lee

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Title:	A Morning Walk
Author:	Follen, Eliza Lee
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Language:	English
Subject:	Fiction--Women authors--History and criticism., Literature--Women authors, Literature
Collections:	Classic Literature Collection, Women Writers Collection
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Fiction

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Excerpt: WE are apt to suppose that solitude is necessary for contemplation, that she cannot plume her wings except in the green shade; that the murmuring of brooks, and the melody of birds are her only proper accompaniment, or else that in the privacy of our chambers or the retirement of our studies, we must court her heavenly presence; but it is not so. The most active and unprepared scenes of life, the busy crowded street, is often the place for the deepest and the highest contemplation. There almost every variety of human life is moving before you, all its intense interests, its unbounded desires, its strong passions, all its faults and its excellencies, its glory and its meanness are ?