Every morning was a cheerful invitation to make my life of equal simplicity, and I may say innocence ,with Nature herself. I have been as sincere a worshipper of Aurora as the Greeks. I got up early and bathed in the pond; that was a religious exercise, and one of the best things which I did. They say that characters were engraven on the bathing tub of king Tching-thang to this effect:“Renew thyself completely each day; do it again, and again, and forever again. ” I can understand that. Morning brings back the heroic ages.