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THE GUIDE TO NATURE 



particularly adapted tor study in connec- 

 tion with natural science because they are 

 so rich in figures of nature. " 



These statements may be accepted as 

 authoritative for several reasons : First, 

 the author of the essay containing them 

 received a large prize. Second, compe- 

 tent authority passed judgment on the 

 contestants. Third, the prize was awarded 

 by the National Education Association, 

 one oi the highest, most intluential and 

 trustworthy institutions in the country. 

 All of which illuminates more brilliantly, 

 if possible, than they were previously 

 illuminated The Agassiz Association, its 

 work, and the motto that it has had for 

 forty-one years : Per Naturam ad Deum. 



"But though God conceal himself from 

 the eyes of the sensual and lasy, who will 

 not be at the least expense of thought ; 

 yet to an unbiassed and attentive mind, 

 nothing can be more plainly legible than 

 the itimate presence of an allvvise Spirit, 

 who fashions, regulates and sustains the 

 whole system of being.'' — Berkeley. 



The Highest Ideals. 



"The Rural Xew-Yorker" in a recent 

 issue has the following" brief, but impor- 

 tant editorial : 



" 'Live and let live" You practice this 

 and preach it. Why not take it for a 

 motto? It is about equal to the Golden 

 Rule. 



" Connecticut. H. B. B. 



"We would like to amend this motto a 

 little and make it, 'Live and help live.' It 

 is not quite enough to keep hands off and 

 let a brother carry his own burden. Let 

 us all try to help him carry it." 



That is our ideal and should be yours. 

 That is the reason for the existence of an 

 Association. All the world should be an 

 Association. When that idea is put into 

 practice, there will be no more war, no 

 more bitter sayings, there will be nothing 

 but "Peace on earth and good will to 

 men." 



"Earth's most exquisite disclosure, 

 heaven's own God in evidence!" 



— Browniii"". 



The object of informal nature study is 

 to put children directly in touch with the 

 beautiful and wonderful things which are 

 within their reach. Its lesson-book is 

 everywhere, its time is every time, its 

 spirit is wonder and delight. — Janet 

 Erskine Stuart in "The Education of 

 Catholic Girls." 







FROM FEBRUARY NUMBER. 

 This drawing was made and contributed to The Agassiz Association by the Reverend Lewis W. Barney, 

 Ph. D., Sound Beach, Connecticut. 



