NATURE AND ITS GOOD: 

 A CONVERSATION 1 



A GROUP of people are scattered near one 

 another, on the sands of an ocean beach; 

 wraps, baskets, etc., testify to a day s outing. 

 Above the hum of the varied conversations are 

 heard the mock sobs of one of the party. 



Various voices. What s the matter, Eaton ? 



Eaton. Matter enough. I was watching a. 

 beautiful wave ; its lines were perfect ; at its crest, 

 the light glinting through its infinitely varied and 

 delicate curves of foam made a picture more rav 

 ishing than any dream. * And now it has gone ; it 

 will never come back. So I weep. 



Grimes. That s right, Eaton ; give it to them. 

 Of course well-fed and well-read persons with 

 their possessions of wealth and of knowledge both 

 gained at the expense of others finally get bored ; 

 then they wax sentimental over their boredom and 

 are worried about &quot; Nature &quot; and its relation to 

 life. Not everybody takes it out that way, of 

 course ; some take motor cars and champagne for 

 that tired feeling. But the rest those who aren t 



1 Reprinted from the Hibbert Journal, Vol. VII., No. 4, 

 July, 1909. 



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