Excerpt from The Summer and Its Diseases
The merry Earth, flying through space, swinging as she goes, turns first one side of her fair face and then the other to the kisses of her lord, the Sun. Where the caresses of his life-giving rays fall lightly, she shudders and grows pale. Nature sleeps, and Man, in the discontent of winter, awaits with longing the return of spring. Where they fall full and ardently, blushes of love and smiles of plenty brighten her beauty. Nature awakes to loveliness and abundance, and the children of Earth are blessed in the open-handed fruitfulness of the glorious Summer.
But man, born to sorrow as the sparks fly upwards, finds some pain in every pleasure, some sadness in all joy, some fear in every hope. The changing seasons remind him that the seed is not quickened except it die, and each one brings to him, as it comes with its many blessings, some new suffering and sickness.
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