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DIRECT ROADTO THE HAMLET OF CONTENTMENTCross the stile of Self-Denial, thence on the path of Temperance, over the hill of Benevolence, along the stream of Purity and down to vale of Kindness, and just beyond the rock of Resignation the hamlet comes in view.Traveller! Onward, with God's Blessing!If a man does not keep pace with his companions perhaps it is because he hears a different dummer. Let him step to the music which he hears however measured or far away.Thoreau