New Walks in Old Ways 



thing to say to us on that subject that 

 is well worth knowing. Men and 

 women will go all day, and for more 

 than half the night, but I have 

 noticed that nerve specialists are not 

 overworked among the mudhens and 

 muskrats of the marsh. The Apostle 

 Paul was fond of asserting that "there 

 is a time for all things." There is 

 a time to laugh and a time to weep; 

 a time to dance and a time to sleep; 

 a time to sow and a time to reap; 

 a time to give and a time to keep; 

 and this truth one can easily see exem- 

 plified by observing the wise balance 

 between work and play, between 

 activities and repose, maintained by 

 all animals and plants save man. If 

 you don't believe it, look around you. 

 I don't care whether you follow a 

 butterfly or a bull of Bashan; whether 

 you study the life of a hog or a hya- 

 cinth. They will all tell you the same 

 thing, and you will probably go right 

 on ignoring all they say and pay the 

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