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summer's night other not less beautiful forms flit 

 about our lamps, or look in at our windows, tempting 

 us to study and admire them. And how full of in- 

 terest is every one of them, whether it be the Deer 

 bounding through the forest or over the plain, the 

 Eagle soaring above our heads until lost amid the 

 clouds, the Butterfly flitting from flower to flower, 

 the Mussel plowing its way in the river's sand, or 

 the little Polyp beneath the ocean wave. And they 

 are interesting not merely on account of their varied 

 and beautiful forms and colors, wonderful structure, 

 and often marvellous instincts and habits, and great 

 variety of uses, but because they are the works of 

 God, His thoughts expressed in visible forms. If 

 we study these wonderful objects in the right spirit, 

 we shall learn more of Him who made them*, and who 

 careth for them, suffering not even a sparrow to fall 

 without His notice. 



