A NATURALIST WHO CONSIDERS MANY SUBJECTS iir 



ho^iks hallow ]\Ierribrooke more tlian all 

 his extensive experiments with nnt bear- 

 ing" trees. Mind is superior to matter. 

 What he has thought and how he has 

 made others think is of inconceivably 

 wider influence than how he a;)})lic 1 the 

 bandages to buddings and (ither cvitiings. 



His philosophy of the wild tive-petal- 

 led rose in comparison with the ordinary 

 polypetalous "blaze of glory" influenced 

 the editor to telephone to Philosoplii-r 

 ^lorris and ask him if he has many really 

 good wild roses. "Yes, I have," he 

 laughed. "What made you think so? 1 

 have a beautiful clump in the woods nf>r 

 far from the farmhouse door." 



"All right. Expect me with a 'Mmera 

 in about an hour." 



These views show the thinker and his 

 thinkery. The following brief quota- 

 tions show the spirit of his books. 



"Some of the most beloved people dc 

 not know my feeling towards them. 

 \\'ere I to let them know about it, 

 there would be reciprocation and ex- 

 changes of affection. That would take 

 time, —diverting our thoughts toward 



what is so attractive. Some of the men. 

 whom I esteem most highly do not 

 know it. There are people who iise af- 

 fection and esteem for trade purposes,. 

 but it seems better to use them as a. 

 miser holds his gold, wdiere one caa 

 gloat over afl^ection and esteem in pri- 

 vate." 



^ ^ ^ ^ ^ 



"I gave a spray of white azalea to a 

 friend on an early July day. 'How won- 

 derful !' he said. 'What delicate fra- 

 grance, what daintiness in shades of 

 white, — if one can have shades of 

 white! Is it Japanese? Now wdiat do 

 you think of that? No wonder people 

 ask what is the use of living. My friend 

 did not know where the white azaleas 

 grew. It grows where the rose breasted 

 grosbeak would waken him at four o'- 

 clock in the morning ^vith a finer song' 

 than he would hear in town during" the 

 day. It grows where the hellebores 

 say 'I'm here !' to the g"oddess of spring"- 

 time — where the bracken fern ofl:'ers 

 best thanks for sunshine received, and 

 where the X'irginia tvu'tle shows us a 

 placer of unalloyed gold in the trout 

 brook." 



THE PICTURESQUE E1)(;E OF THE SWIMMING POOL DEDICATED TO YOUTH AND 



ENTHUSIASM. 

 Dr. Morris takes his morning dip here. Perhaps that has helped put so much vigor and freshness into 

 his philosophy. 



