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Natmr, the vicar of the ahiiii^^htie Lord." 



Chaucer. 



Nature alone is antique, and the oldest art a mushroom.'' 



Carlyle. 



'^'Tis elder Scripture, writ by God's ouni hand. 

 Scripture authentic ! uncorrupt by man." 



Young. 



^' Nature gives healthy children much : ho7i' much ! 

 Wise education is a n'ise unfolding if this ; 

 Often it unfolds itself better of its invu accord." 



Goethe. 



" What more felicitie can fall to creature 



Than to enjoy delight with libertie. 



And to be lord of all the icorks of Nature. 



To raine in th' aire from earth to highest skie. 



To feed on flowers and weeds of glorious feature." 



Edmund Spencer. 



" Sucli. said Adoam, are the sentiments of this sagacious people, who 

 have acquired i.'isdom only by the study (f Nature." 



Telkmachus. 





