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Literary
October 3, 1922
The Herald And News
Newberry, Newberry County, South Carolina
What is this article about?
Essay by H.W. Mabie on the instinctive human draw to rural life, portraying the countryside as the ancestral home that evokes deep, imperishable memories through familiar natural sounds like cattle lowing and cocks crowing.
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Full Text
The Rural Appeal.
To be out of doors is the normal condition of the natural man. At some period of our ancestral life, so dim in our thought but so potent in our temper, disposition and physique, we have all lived, so to speak, in the open air; and although city-born and city-bred we turn to the country with an instinctive feeling that we belong there. There are a few cockneys to whom the sound of Bow Bells is sweeter than the note of the bluebird, the resonant clarion of chanticleer or the far-off bleating of sheep; but to the immense majority of men these noises are like sounds that were familiar in childhood. I have sometimes thought that the deepest charm of the country lies in the fact that it was the home and playground of the childhood of the race, and, however long some of us have been departed from it, it stirs within us rare memories and associations which are imperishable. The lowing of the cattle coming home at night fall; the bleating of sheep on the hillside pastures; the crowing of the cock are older than any human speech which now exists. They were ancient sounds before our oldest histories were written. I know of nothing sweeter to the man who comes out of the heat and noise and dust of the city in midsummer.--H. W. Mabie.
To be out of doors is the normal condition of the natural man. At some period of our ancestral life, so dim in our thought but so potent in our temper, disposition and physique, we have all lived, so to speak, in the open air; and although city-born and city-bred we turn to the country with an instinctive feeling that we belong there. There are a few cockneys to whom the sound of Bow Bells is sweeter than the note of the bluebird, the resonant clarion of chanticleer or the far-off bleating of sheep; but to the immense majority of men these noises are like sounds that were familiar in childhood. I have sometimes thought that the deepest charm of the country lies in the fact that it was the home and playground of the childhood of the race, and, however long some of us have been departed from it, it stirs within us rare memories and associations which are imperishable. The lowing of the cattle coming home at night fall; the bleating of sheep on the hillside pastures; the crowing of the cock are older than any human speech which now exists. They were ancient sounds before our oldest histories were written. I know of nothing sweeter to the man who comes out of the heat and noise and dust of the city in midsummer.--H. W. Mabie.
What sub-type of article is it?
Essay
What themes does it cover?
Agriculture Rural
Nature
What keywords are associated?
Rural Appeal
Country Life
Nature Instinct
Ancestral Memories
Pastoral Sounds
What entities or persons were involved?
H. W. Mabie
Literary Details
Title
The Rural Appeal.
Author
H. W. Mabie
Key Lines
To Be Out Of Doors Is The Normal Condition Of The Natural Man.
We Turn To The Country With An Instinctive Feeling That We Belong There.
The Deepest Charm Of The Country Lies In The Fact That It Was The Home And Playground Of The Childhood Of The Race
The Lowing Of The Cattle Coming Home At Night Fall; The Bleating Of Sheep On The Hillside Pastures; The Crowing Of The Cock Are Older Than Any Human Speech Which Now Exists.