Fisherman's Luck and Some Other Uncertain Things

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Henry Van Dyke. Fisherman's Luck and Some Other Uncertain Things

Fisherman's Luck and Some Other Uncertain Things

Table of Contents

FISHERMAN'S LUCK

THE THRILLING MOMENT

TALKABILITY

A PRELUDE AND THEME WITH VARIATIONS

I. PRELUDE—ON AN OLD, FOOLISH MAXIM

II. THEME—ON A SMALL, USEFUL VIRTUE

III. VARIATIONS—ON A PLEASANT PHRASE FROM MONTAIGNE

A WILD STRAWBERRY

LOVERS AND LANDSCAPE

A FATAL SUCCESS

A NORWEGIAN HONEYMOON

WHO OWNS THE MOUNTAINS?

A LAZY, IDLE BROOK

I. A CASUAL INTRODUCTION

II. A BETTER ACQUAINTANCE

III. THE SECRETS OF INTIMACY

THE OPEN FIRE

I. LIGHTING UP

II. THE CAMP-FIRE

III. THE COOKING-FIRE

IV. THE SMUDGE-FIRE

V. THE LITTLE FRIENDSHIP-FIRE

VI. ALTARS OF REMEMBRANCE

A SLUMBER SONG FOR THE FISHERMAN'S CHILD

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Henry Van Dyke

Published by Good Press, 2019

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Of all the banquets that have ever been given upon earth, that is the one in which I would rather have had a share.

But it is now time that we should return to our fishing. And let us observe with gratitude that almost all of the pleasures that are connected with this pursuit—its accompaniments and variations, which run along with the tune and weave an embroidery of delight around it—have an accidental and gratuitous quality about them. They are not to be counted upon beforehand. They are like something that is thrown into a purchase by a generous and open-handed dealer, to make us pleased with our bargain and inclined to come back to the same shop.

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