WHITEFISH OF THE LAKE OF GENEVA 



which comes from looking upon a beautiful lake 

 beneath the setting sun, is only deceptive in appear- 

 ance. It is true and it is real. If at first we seem to 

 find only evidences of violence and destruction which 

 incline us to alter our original feeling, that feeling 

 later comes back again, even more intensely, now that 

 it rests on a surer foundation. It arises spontaneously 

 from the world around us, and is in perfect harmony 

 with what we feel within ourselves. Mind and heart 

 combine in admiration before that majestic spectacle, 

 and they are justified. Nature, always striving after 

 progress, Nature, the benevolent sovereign, superb 

 reflection of the creative will, presents herself to us all 

 conciliation, all appeasement, all kindness. 



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