September 



the ground, feeling a brotherhood in the trees, 

 and a subtle kinship to everything in the heav- 

 ens above, in the earth beneath, and in the waters 

 under the earth. Pedestrianism is a method of 

 humbling one's self that quickly brings its own 

 peculiar exaltation, thereby "the eyes of our 

 understanding being opened," and our ears un- 

 stopped. In this connection that gorgeous 

 floral display is worthy of mention, that every 

 summer meets the eye at the Pond, hidden 

 among trees and shrubbery a floating acre of 

 Indian scarlet water-lilies (Melumbium speci- 

 osuni), some of whose blossoms are nearly a foot 

 in diameter, with peltate " pads " from one to 

 two feet across. 



One is sometimes in that mood wherein science 

 is simply an abomination unto him when he is 

 fully content to enjoy the beauty of what he sees 

 and hears, without asking or caring for its cause, 

 or effect, or relationship itself its own sufficient 

 reason. Such a person feels that six days are 

 sufficient for the secularities of knowledge, he 

 must have a seventh wherein, with uninterroga- 

 tive contentment, he may luxuriate in that which 

 satisfies purely the sentiment. Some people seem 

 able to see only the scientific side of beauty; 

 and when looking at a flower, its color, form, 



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