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tastes; and every Israelite found in it what his pal- 

 ate was chiefly pleased with. If he desired fat in 

 it, he had it. In it the young men tasted bread; 

 the old men, honey; and the children, oil." But 

 all found in it substance and strength. So with 

 Nature. In her are "all manner of tastes," science, 

 art, poetry, utility, and good in all. The botanist 

 has one pleasure in her, the ornithologist another, 

 the explorer another, the walker and sportsman an- 

 other; what all may have is the refreshment and the 

 exhilaration which come from a loving and intelli- 

 gent scrutiny of her manifold works. 



