" This constitution of Nature, whereby a mental impulse is required to direct and 

 excite muscular action, points to the propriety of teaching the young to observe and 

 examine the qualities and arrangements of external objects. The most pleasing and 

 healtliful exercise may thus be secured, and every step be made to add to useful know- 

 ledge and individual enjoyment. The botanist, the geologist and the natural histo- 

 rian, experience pleasures in their walks and rambles, of which, from disuse of their 

 eyes and observing powers, the multitude is deprived." — Coombe. 



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