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The White Water Lily is the Floral Emblem of The Agassiz Association 



Well may the tender buds 

 attract us at this season . . . 

 for they are the hope of the 

 year, the spring rolled up; 

 the summer is all packed in 

 them. — Henry David Thoreait 



"Never too Old to Learn." 

 Ponder them with child- 

 like mind, for children mar- 

 vel at the phenomena of na- 

 ture, while grown people of- 

 ten think themselves to 

 wise to wonder, and yet they 

 know little more than the 

 children. But the thought- 

 ful student recognizes the 

 truth of the child's feeling, 

 and with his knowledge of 

 nature his wonder does but 

 grow more and more. — "Lou- 

 is Agassiz: His Life and Cor- 

 respondence" 



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The Secret of Happiness. 

 Would you like to know 

 the secret of happiness — a 

 secret that no navigator ever 



brought from the sea; a se- 

 cret that no merchant prince 

 was ever rich enough to pur- 

 chase? I will tell you. The 

 secret of happiness is the ap- 

 preciation of the beautiful in 

 Nature; the appreciation of 

 God's unwritten poetry. Ah! 

 you are disappointed. You 

 expected me to tell you how 

 to make a fortune, how to be 

 famous. Do not be mistak- 

 en. The secret of happi- 

 ness is the love of the beauti- 

 ful ; the secret of happiness 

 is the appreciation of un- 

 written poetry. 



I would say : Learn to 

 read the book of Nature 

 every day around you — all is 

 open before you ; and then 

 the books of men will be 

 simple things. The greater 

 includes the less. 



Love and comprehend 

 beauty; for then you will 

 love and comprehend the 

 world. — Joaquin Miller in 

 "The Independent." 



