MINERALOGY. II 



from the minerals and made available for assimilation by 

 plants by the slow processes of Nature. 



Each blade of grass, and each grain of corn, and also the 

 fruits contain every substance necessary for the growth of 

 animal life. 



The proudest living man has nothing in the composition 

 of his body that may not be found in that green apple on the 

 table before me. 



It is reasonable to presume that the primary purpose of 

 God in forming the earth was to prepare a habitable place for 

 his crowning work, the noblest of all created beings, man. 

 The human species, Homo sapiens, is the latest known addi- 

 tion to the so-called fauna on the earth. It will be admitted 

 that the faculty or endowment expressed by the specific word 

 sapiens has not been maturel}' developed in all the individuals 

 of the race. 



