There is some danger of
materialism, but this you have already weaponed yourself against,
and the scientific studies that come in the line of the profession
will furnish material for thought and expression which I am sure
you will know well how to use.
I am glad if my suggestions about your essay proved of some service
to you. There is thought and statement in it which will certainly
one day come to a market. The book, too, all in good season. Life
for you is very long, and you can take your time. Take it by
all means. Give yourself large leisure to do your best. I am
about setting up my household gods in Worcester. This makes me
in much haste, and therefore without another word I must say that
I shall always be glad to hear from you, and that I am always truly
your friend.
D. A. Wasson
Of the early nature papers which Mr. Burroughs wrote for the New
York "Leader," and which were grouped under the general title,
"From the Back Country," there were five or six in number, of
two or three columns each. One on "Butter-Making," of which I
will quote the opening passage, fairly makes the mouth water:--
With green grass comes golden butter. With the bobolinks and the
swallows, with singing groves, and musical winds, with June,--ah,
yes! with tender, succulent, gorgeous June,--all things are blessed.
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