I take the greatest delight in studying every human being I chance to meet. Every normal human being is intensely interested in this subject. When we have a science of human nature on anthropology, we shall have more efficient homes, schools, governments, and a more efficient world. I have more hobbies but I will mention only one more. Based on my present knowledge of human nature, I plead for an outdoor life.
All life is more or less artificial, but city life is artificial to the extreme.
My knowledge of history convinces me that I am hoping against hope. The city is one of society's permanent institutions. Nevertheless a full orbed human being cannot be evolved without free access to mother earth, her oceans, bays, lakes, rivers and brooks, without free access to her mountains and plains, without the companionship of the birds of the forest and the beasts of the field, without having a daily vision of the sun, moon and stars in the firmament. In a word, my hobby of getting in communication with nature is a joy forever. Possibly my habits and hobbies may serve to arouse in some of my readers a desire for complete living.