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stand, but he feels what Emerson meant when he 

 said, &quot; The Supreme Being does not build up Na 

 ture around us, but puts it forth through us, as the 

 life of the tree puts forth new branches and leaves.&quot; 

 That which was fixed, stable, cast in permanent 

 forms forever, was suddenly annihilated by a reve 

 lation which spoke to the heart rather than the 

 intellect, and laid bare at a glance the unseen spiri 

 tual foundations upon which all things rest at last. 

 From that moment the boy saw with other eyes, and 

 lived henceforth in things not made with hands. 



If we could but revive the consciousness of 

 childhood, if we could but look out once more 

 through its unclouded eyes, what divinity would 

 sow the universe with light and make it radiant 

 with fadeless visions of beauty and of truth ! 



