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It is so old a theme that I really hesitate to touch it; and yet it is / so true and so useful that I will. It is true all the time, and it is / particularly useful at this season of the year to men in cities: to all / repetitive men: to the men that read these words. What is more, true as / it is and useful as it is, no amount of hammering at people seems to / get this theme into their practice; though it has long ago entered into / their convictions they will not act upon it in their summers. And this / true and useful theme is the theme of little freedoms and discoveries, / the value of getting loose and away by a small trick when you want to / get your glimpse of Fairyland.
Now how does one get loose and away?