

DO NOT EXPECT OTHERS TO SUPPORT YOUR MONUMENT 

 No man has any right to name any institution unless he makes it self- 

 supporting by an endowment. — Judge John Clason. 



THE GUIDE TO NATURE 



EDUCATION AND RECREATION 



Volume IV JUNE 1911 Number 2 



He Recognized a Debt to Humanity 



By EDWARD F. BIGELOW, Arcadia: Sound Beach, Connecticut 



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OR none of us liveth to him- 

 self, and no man dieth to 

 himself." 



The absolute isolation 

 \ljfe/ of any object in all the 

 ^ universe does not exist. 



The remotest star has its 

 effect and is affected bv others, and 

 the smallest diatom is dependent for its 

 existence upon its surroundings. They 

 and we are parts of a whole, from 

 which we receive and to which we 

 should give. 



These thoughts came to mind when 

 I first met Judge John Clason. I had 

 called at his home near to nature in the 

 beautiful country north of Stamford, 

 and was informed that I should find 

 him at his barn, "For," said my infor- 



mant at the door, "he spends much of 

 his time there — likes to do the chores 

 and attend to his oxen himself." 



Up the road to the barn I went and 

 there I found him. 



Good morning, Judge. I am from 

 The; Guide to Nature. I understand 

 that you live near to nature and that 

 the public has an especial interest 

 in you because you have given many 

 thousands of dollars to establish the 

 Stamford Hospital. 



"Hump," he replied, "that isn't much. 

 Everybody ought to live near to na- 

 ture, and I never gave anything to the 

 Stamford Hospital. I paid what I felt 

 was a debt that I owe to the com- 

 munity. I'd be mighty glad if they 

 would call it 'square.' I feel that Stam- 



Copyright 1911 by The Agassiz Association, Arcadia: Sound Beach, Conn. 



