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professional or business man, artisan 

 or mecnanic, this early trainins^ will 

 assist him in his career. 



The promoters of the great 

 m^ ^jjL scouting movement, now playing so 



|t ^ Jli>IWP important a part in the education 



' ^^^^^ of the )-ounger generation, have 



recognised this. Those young lads, many of 

 them coming from the poorest homes, where 

 their outlook has perforce been a limited and 

 sordid one, are able, after a little training, to 

 give most intelligent information about what 

 they have seen on their expeditions. They are 

 taught to notice natural features of the country, 

 objects of interest, the way of the wind, the 

 stars, temperature, etc., and to make records of 

 all they see. And this intellectual develop- 

 ment, aided by the discipline, the excellent 

 moral rules laid down in their code, and the 

 — ^^lj^L^^_^ physical training in the open air, cannot fail, as 



^^^^^Hr the movement spreads, to have a great and 



^^F glorious effect on the future of our race. 



Let all of us who have the care of young 

 children, or who come into contact with them in our daily life, do our 

 best to sow the good seed in the fertile soil of their impressionable 

 Nouth, and try our utmost to inculcate and foster a love and veneration 

 for the boundless store of God's gifts, by interesting them, from their 

 earliest years, in the objects of wonder and beauty too many of us 

 pass heedlesslj^ by. 



The understanding of the .structure and 

 function of the smallest of these, and the ' 



place it holds in the wonderful scheme of the 

 Universe, will not only have an ennobling 

 effect on character, but will surely lead to a 

 greater reverence and understanding of our 

 Creator, through the vast and fathomless 

 wonders of His works. 



Whether we be artists, amateurs, teachers, 

 or students, let us try to see Nature truly 

 and surely, and, as Ruskin tells u,s, " Be 

 humble and earnest in following the steps 

 of Nature, and tracing the finger of God." • ; 



We cannot all be great artists, for we are 

 not all gifted to the same extent. But we all 

 can be sincere and reverent in our work. 



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