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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Little Rivers by Henry van Dyke: in Spain with a view to theological information, or going to the
opening night at the Academy of Design with the intention of
looking at pictures.
Moreover, there are really trout in the Traun, rari nantes in
gurgite; and in some places more than in others; and all of high
spirit, though few of great size. Thus the angler has his
favourite problem: Given an unknown stream and two kinds of fish,
the one better than the other; to find the better kind, and
determine the hour at which they will rise. This is sport.
As for the little river itself, it has so many beauties that one
does not think of asking whether it has any faults. Constant
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