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The tendency nowadays to wander in wildernesses is delightful to see. Thousands of tired, nerve-shaking, over-civilized people are __1__ beginning to find out that going to mountains is going home; that wildness is a necessity; and mountain parks and reservations are __2__ useful not only as fountains of timber and irrigating rivers, and as __3__ fountains of life. Awakening from the stupefying effects of the vicious of over-industry and the deadly apathy of luxury, they are __4__ trying as best they can to mix and enrich their own little ongoings with that of Nature, and to get rid of rust and disease. Briskly __5__ venturing and roaming, some are washing off sins and cares of the devil's spinning in storms on mountains, bending down and parting sweet, flowery sprays; tracing rivers back their sources, getting in __6__ touch with the nerves of Mother Earth; jumping from rock to rock,panting in whole-souled exercise, and rejoicing in deep, long-drawn breathes of pure wildness. This is fine and natural and full of promise. __7__ So also was the growing interest in the care and preservation of __8__ forests and wild places in general, and in the half wild parks and gardens of towns. Even the scenery exists in its most artificial forms, mixed with spectacles, silliness, and kodaks; its devotees arrayed gorgeously than scarlet tanagers, frightening the wild game __9__ with red umbrellas,--even this is encouraging, and may well be regarded as a hopeful sign of times. __10__
