• The winds 

 And rolling waves, the sun's unwearied course, 

 The elements and seasons : all declare 

 For what th' eternal Maker has ordain'd 

 The pow'rs of man : we feel within ourselves 

 His energy divine : He tells the heart 

 He meant, He made us to behold and love 

 What He beholds and loves, the general orb 

 Of life arid being ; to be great like Him, 

 Beneficent and active. Thus the men 

 Whom nature's works can charm with God himself 

 Hold converse ; grow familiar, day by day. 

 With His conceptions ; act upon His plan ; 

 And form to His the relish of their souls. " — Akcnside. 



"If any man maintaineth that learning takes up too much time that might 

 otherwise be better employed, I answer that no man can be so straitened 

 and oppressed with business and an active course of life but may have many 

 vacant turns of leisure. . . . Wherefore, let no man fear lest learning 

 should expulse business ; nay, rather it will keep and defend the mind against 

 idleness and pleasure, which otherwise, at unawares, may enter, to the prejudice 

 both of business and learning. " — Bacon. 



