As I Grew Up I Was Fervently

A Mocking Bird Regularly Resorts To The South Angle Of A Chimney Top And Salutes Us With Sweetest Notes From The Rising Of The Moon Until About Midnight.

The Mercantile Business Did Not Suit Me

During All These Years There Existed Within Me A Tendency To Follow Nature In Her Walks.

[drawing Should Be] A Journey Of Pleasure. Each Step Must Present To The Travellers' View Objects That Are Eminently Interesting, Varied In Their Appearances, And Attracting To Such A Degree As To Excite In Each Individual Thus Happily Employed The Desire Of Knowing All Respecting All He Sees.

. . .nature Indifferently Copied Is Far Superior To The Best Idealities.