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The rocking chair, like clapboard, is one of the constants of American life. The American farmer, at the end of the day, will instinctively move to the rocker on his porch. The European peasant sits immobile through twilight as if nailed to the bench before his cottage. These simple differences must be understood, for more profoundly than one might think, they change the course of inventive fantasy.