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grow wearying and monotonous, and there is nothing 

 more refreshing to the spirit than to turn away from them 

 to the sweet forms which the skill of man, co-operating 

 with nature, has developed and domesticated, and has 

 brought into close communion with himself. 



But in regarding both the domesticated animals and 

 plants as cohtributors to civilization, we must not forget 

 that there is a yet Higher Power which has been working 

 through all the ages by means of the lower forms for the 

 physical and moral progress of mankind. 



