Mac to Mac via Ethernet?

This is such a simple, stupid question that I'm sure that it has been answered many times, but although I have searched these fora diligently, I cannot find an answer; I suspect that the problem is that I'm using the wrong search terms. Here's the problem:
Context: I have two Macs (10.9.1 and 10.7.5) connected by Ethernet to a router. I am able to get the IP addresses of both Macs from the Network Preferences: 192.168.1.108 and 192.168.1.101.
I select menu item Finder -> Go -> Connect to Server.
No servers appear in the Window.
I click on the button "Browse".
A new window appears; it lists no servers.
I type in the IP address of the other Mac: 192.168.1.101
An error message appears: "There was a problem connecting to server "192.168.1.101""
I had expected that this would open up the other computer as a hard drive on my desktop.
I have tried a lot of variations on this sequence, none of which worked.
Any suggestions as to what I'm doing wrong?

Thump! That was the sound of me kicking myself across the room.
Thump!
Thump!
I had turned file sharing on a long time ago and never gave it a second thought. Somehow in the upgrades, or in my dotage, it got turned off. Or maybe I can blame it on an evil hacker, or the dog...

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