Stand still, and consider the wondrous works of God." — Job. 



" Each moss, 

 Each shell, eacli crawling insect, holds a rank 

 Important in the jilan of Him who framed 

 This scale of beings ; holds a rank which, lost. 

 Would break the chain, and leave behind a gap 

 Which Nature's self would rue." 



Thomson. 



" Still, Edward must, to a great extent, have enjoyed a hajopy life. He was 

 hopeful and cheerful. He had always some object to pursue with a purpose ; 

 that constitutes one of the secrets of happiness. He had an interesting 

 hobby; that is another secret. Natural History is one of the most delightful 

 of hobbies." — Smiles. 



' If thou art worn and hard beset 

 With sorrows that thou wouldst forget. 

 If thou wouldst read a lesson that will keep 

 Thy heart from fainting and thy soul from sleep, 

 Go 10 the woods and hills ! No tears 

 Dim the sweet look that Nature wears." 



Longfellow. 



" The Will is the Key that opens the door to every path, whether it be of 

 Science or of Nature ; and eveiyone has it in his power to choose the road 

 for himself." — Thomas Edwakd. 



" To me there rever has been a higher source of earthly honour or 

 distinction than that connected with advances in Science." 



SiE HuMPHEEY Davy. 



