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the labor necessary for the ascertainment of truth, and if you pa- 

 tiently and watchfully bide your time, the discovery of the truth 

 itself may reward your endurance and your toil. 



It is by failures as well as by successes that the true ideal of the 

 man of science is reached. The task allotted to him in life is one 

 of the noblest that can be undertaken. It is his to penetrate into 

 the secrets of Nature, to push back the circumference of darkness 

 that surrounds us, to disclose ever more and more of the limitless 

 beauty, harmonious order, and imperious law that extend throughout 

 the universe. And while he thus enlarges our knowledge, he shows 

 us also how Nature may be made to minister in an ever-augmenting 

 multiplicity of ways to the service of humanity. It is to him and 

 his conquests that the material progress of our race is mainly due. If 

 he were content merely to look back over the realms which he has 

 subdued, he might well indulge in jubilant feelings, for his peaceful 

 victories have done more for the enlightenment and progress of man- 

 kind than were ever achieved by the triumphs of war. But his eye 

 is turned rather to the future than to the past. In front of him rises 

 the wall of darkness that shrouds from him the still unknown. What 

 he has painfully accomplished seems to him but little in comparison 

 with the infinite possibilities that lie beyond. And so he presses 

 onward, not self-satisfied and exultant, but rather humbled and 

 reverential, yet full of hope and courage for the work of further con- 

 quest that lies before him. — Nature. 



SHALL WE TEACH OUR DAUGHTERS THE VALUE 



OF MONEY? 



By ALEXANDKA L. B. IDE. 



I AM induced to write a few lines on this subject by a remark 

 recently made to me by a widow of large property. In speak- 

 ing about the management of her money she said : " As to my- 

 self, I leave everything to my business man or agent. I would 

 not know if my tax bills were correct. He gives me plenty of 

 money to spend on my charities; why should I trouble myself 

 about the details? " Evidently it had never occurred to her that 

 she might be spending her principal; that some day she might 

 wake up to the fact that her fortune had been dissipated. Another 

 rich woman, to whom I made the remark that certain bonds were 

 bought at par, inquired, " Is that the same thing as buying them on 

 a margin ? " Now here were representative women of New York 

 society, both belonging to excellent families, and to all appearances 



