in nerve mind and body their rigour will revive and they may then renew their interest in their larger surroundings.

To me the perfection of happiness just now would be at liberty to work in the garden or to take a quiet sail without self reproach for neglected duty.

I can't imagine Simon Tolmie as anything but a thick headed man with honest tendencies. Not as honest as John but with more brains. But to think of J.C. McIntosh being selected to represent the highest national ideals at a time of crisis make one wonder what has happened.