DEVOTI^J3 'JXJ THE STUDY OF NATURE 



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ments and supply text and illustrative 

 material in an extensive range of natural 

 subjects. The spirit of The Agassiz As- 

 sociation is free from commercialism. It 

 is thoroughly permeated by a spirit of 

 helpfulness to others. It emphasizes not 

 only the joy of seeing for oneself, but, 

 more than that, the joy of relating that 

 observation to others, which Ruskin says 



and nature, but such improvement may be 

 considered from various points of view. 

 In nature, the agricultural college is pri- 

 marily considering humanity's stomach. 

 Most modern forestry has humanity's 

 homes in view, and modern mining has 

 as its end humanity's transportation or 

 machinery for some utilitarian purpose, 

 or some utilitarian object for the benefit 



THE ROSES AND 



(JLDIASHIONED" HARDY PLAX 1 .^ l;V 

 (The Residence.) 



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is the greatest thing in all the world. 



We often hear the expressions, "art 

 for art's sake," "music for music's sake," 

 "nature for nature's sake." Only a mo- 

 ment's consideration is needed to realize 

 that all these are delusive. There can be 

 no music for music's sake, and no nature 

 for nature's sake. A human being must 

 necessarily make the whole world benefit 

 himself or his kind. Alusic is for the 

 improvement of one's fellows, as are art 



of humanity. The useful must necessa- 

 rily be uppermost in the human mind. All 

 life is built on a physical basis. But 

 homes, food, clothes, travel, working con- 

 veniences and modern inventions of 

 transportation are a means to an end. 

 They provide material things for real life. 

 In the struggle for improvements in ma- 

 terial things of life, there is danger that 

 the highest plans of life may be forgotten. 

 In the multiplicity of articles, maga- 



