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Chapter 24

           

           CalebGarthoftenshookhisheadinmeditationonthevalue,theindispensablemightofthatmyriad-headed,myriad-handedlaborbywhichthesocialbodyisfed,clothed,andhoused.Ithadlaidholdofhisimaginationinboyhood.Theechoesofthegreathammerwhererooforkeelwerea-making,thesignal-shoutsoftheworkmen,theroarofthefurnace,thethunderandplashoftheengine,wereasublimemusictohim;thefellingandladingoftimber,andthehugetrunkvibratingstar-likeinthedistancealongthehighway,thecraneatworkonthewharf,thepiled-upproduceinwarehouses,theprecisionandvarietyofmusculareffortwhereverexactworkhadtobeturnedoutallthesesightsofhisyouthhadactedonhimaspoetrywithouttheaidofthepoets.hadmadeaphilosophyforhimwithouttheaidofphilosophers,areligionwithouttheaidoftheology.Hisearlyambitionhadbeentohaveaseffectiveashareaspossibleinthissublimelabor,whichwaspeculiarlydignifiedbyhimwiththenameof"business;"andthoughhehadonlybeenashorttimeunderasurveyor,andhadbeenchieflyhisownteacher,heknewmoreofland,building,andminingthanmostofthespecialmeninthecounty.

           Hisclassificationofhumanemploymentswasrathercrude,and,likethecategoriesofmorecelebratedmen,wouldnotbeacceptableintheseadvancedtimes.Hedividedtheminto"business,politics,preaching,learning,andamusement.

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