... gardener's pleasure in digginghis fields in spring, clearing them of nettles, and levelling the ground thrown up by the moles, in protectinghis seedlings from rain and sun, and, later on, in his gay ... rawclimate drives man indoors in mind as well as body, and prompts that craving for spring and delight in itscoming which have been the chief notes in northern feeling for Nature from earliest ... and slow coming of spring, wake a craving for light and warmth, and throw man back on himself.This inward inclination, which made itself felt very early in the German race, by bringing out thecontemplative...