‘ 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 and 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.” —Akenside. 
“Tf 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. 
